Cuahutemoc
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kwow-TAY-mok
Cuahutemoc is a boys' name, meaning “descending eagle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cuahutemoc mean?
Nahuatl, from cuauhtli 'eagle' + temoc 'descended'
“descending eagle”
A variant spelling of Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, who resisted the Spanish conquest.
Is Cuahutemoc a girl's or a boy's name?
Cuahutemoc is a boys' name.
How popular is Cuahutemoc in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Cuahutemoc in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cuahutemoc in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
Names like Cuahutemoc
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Yuri, Minh, Yitzchok, Akio, Mikko, Ryo, Kota, Yoshua, Ryu, Yakov, Loki
Names related to Cuahutemoc
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cuahutemoc: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cuahutemoc, updated 20 October 2026.