Cuahutemoc — boys' name
146 babies named Cuahutemoc in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Cuahutemoc was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Cuahutemoc in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cuahutemoc
The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Cuahutemoc between 1975 and 2008, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cuahutemoc currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cuahutemoc performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cuahutemoc shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cuahutemoc in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cuahutemoc in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 146 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cuahutemoc at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cuahutemoc popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1975
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
146 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 12 births in a single year.
Cuahutemoc by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 81 births that decade — 55% of Cuahutemoc's all-time total
Cuahutemoc decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cuahutemoc's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Cuahutemoc by state
Where Cuahutemoc concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 26.7% |
39 of 146 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 26.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.