Xochil
Feminine · “Flower”
Xochil is the Nahuatl Xochitl, 'flower', without its final t, a name used by Mexican and Mexican-American families. The same word lives in Xochimilco, where the floating gardens of the Aztecs still line the canals.
How old is the name Xochil?
Xochil first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Xochil alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 600 people named Xochil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Xochil most popular?
Xochil peaked in 1991, reaching #4329 nationally. See the whole 1991 chart.
Where it comes from
From xochitl to Xochil
The story of Xochil
Many Nahuatl nouns end in -tl, a sound English and Spanish speakers find awkward, and Xochil drops it, keeping the xochi- that means flower. Xochimilco, 'place of the flower fields', south of Mexico City, preserves the chinampas, the artificial garden islands the Aztecs built in shallow lakes; today its canals are crowded with painted boats. Xochil is a spelling of Xochitl used by Mexican-American families; the x is said as an s or an sh.
Meaning
Flower
From Nahuatl xochitl, 'flower'.
How the name formed
- xochitl
- Xochil
Related forms: Xochitl · Xóchitl
Pronouncing Xochil
SOH-cheel
Two syllables with the stress on the first; some families say SHOH-cheel.
Nicknames for Xochil
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 200830 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4329reached in 1991
- Change vs 2014
- −28.6%5 in 2015, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Xochil in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Xochitl in Nahuatl — same name
- Xóchitl in Spanish — spelling variant
Xochils among us
people named Xochil are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Xochil sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A clear, lovely meaning.
- Rooted in an Indigenous Mexican language.
- Distinctive.
- English speakers will need to learn the pronunciation of the X.
- Xochitl is the fuller spelling, so some will add the t.
- It will be new to many classmates outside Mexican-American communities.
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Frequently asked
- How many Xochils are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Xochil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Xochil in 2025?
- Xochil is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Xochil with classmates?
- Xochil will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with X, all years combined.
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