How Many People Are Named Cuauhtemoc?
people named Cuauhtemoc are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 286,251 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,239 babies named Cuauhtemoc in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
47 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "falling eagle" in Nahuatl. This was the name of the last Aztec emperor, ruling until he was captured and executed by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in the year 1525.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cuauhtemoc in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cuauhtemoc alive today is about 25 years old, and 68% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cuauhtemoc first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 2007, to 47 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cuauhtemoc has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,170, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #6,883.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,883 |
| Best rank | #2,170 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,681 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cuauhtemoc alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cuauhtemoc were born in California than in any other state: about 529 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cuauhtemoc was given 5.8 times as often in California and 2.2 times in Texas.
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