Cuauhtemoc
Boy · kwow-TEH-mok
Cuauhtemoc is a boys' name, meaning “descending eagle”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Cuauhtemoc mean?
Nahuatl, from cuauhtli 'eagle' and temoc 'descended'
“descending eagle”
Cuauhtemoc was the last Aztec emperor, who defended Tenochtitlan against the Spanish in 1521.
- Say it
- kwow-TEH-mok
Is Cuauhtemoc a girl's or a boy's name?
Cuauhtemoc is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cuauhtemoc in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Cuauhtemoc, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
2025 had fewer boys named Cuauhtemoc than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Cuauhtemoc in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cuauhtemoc in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
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