Lautaro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- low-TAH-roh
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Lautaro is a boys' name, meaning “swift hawk”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Lautaro mean?
Mapuche (Mapudungun), Hispanicised from Leftraru
“swift hawk”
Lautaro was a young Mapuche leader who led resistance to the Spanish conquest of Chile in the 1550s.
Is Lautaro a girl's or a boy's name?
Lautaro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lautaro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Lautaro, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Lautaro in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lautaro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
Names like Lautaro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago Kairo Kenzo Lisandro Mikko Tru Luca Santino Cairo Dakota Alonzo Hiro
Names related to Lautaro
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, “Lautaro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lautaro, updated 20 October 2026.