Tenoch
Boy · teh-NOHCH
Tenoch is a boys' name, meaning “prickly pear cactus on stone”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Tenoch mean?
Nahuatl, from tenochtli 'prickly pear on stone'
“prickly pear cactus on stone”
Tenoch was the legendary Mexica leader whose name is preserved in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital that became Mexico City.
- Say it
- teh-NOHCH
Is Tenoch a girl's or a boy's name?
Tenoch is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tenoch in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Tenoch, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Tenoch than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Tenoch in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tenoch in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Tenoch
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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