Tlaloc — #5973 US boys' name
272 babies named Tlaloc in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Tlaloc was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Tlaloc in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tlaloc
The Social Security Administration has registered 272 babies named Tlaloc between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tlaloc currently holds the #5973 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tlaloc performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tlaloc shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tlaloc in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tlaloc 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 272 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.
Tlaloc at a glance
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Current rank
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Tlaloc popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2007)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #5973 among boys.
272 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 18 births in a single year.
Tlaloc by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 99 births that decade — 36% of Tlaloc's all-time total
Tlaloc decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tlaloc's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Tlaloc by state
Where Tlaloc concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 68 | 25.0% |
68 of 272 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 25.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 25.0% 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, 1977–2024 (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.