Tlaloc
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TLAH-lok
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Tlaloc is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Tlaloc mean?
Nahuatl, name of the Aztec rain god
Tlaloc was the Aztec god of rain and storms, honoured with a shrine on top of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan.
Is Tlaloc a girl's or a boy's name?
Tlaloc is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tlaloc in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Tlaloc, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Tlaloc in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tlaloc in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Tlaloc
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Makai, Thiago, Luca, Kayden, Aiden, Kai, Declan, Tadeo, Keanu, Ronan, Ozzy
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, “Tlaloc: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tlaloc, updated 20 October 2026.