Lautaro
Lautaro was a young Mapuche toqui known for leading the indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest in Chile and developing the tactics that would continue to be employed by the Mapuche during the long-running Arauco War. He is revered among Mapuche and non-Mapuche Chileans for his resistance against foreign conquest, servitude and cruelty.
- Mapuche
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Lautaro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lautaro was a young Mapuche toqui known for leading the indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest in Chile and developing the tactics that would continue to be employed by the Mapuche during the long-running Arauco War. He is revered among Mapuche and non-Mapuche Chileans for his resistance against foreign conquest, servitude and cruelty.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Mapuche
- Spanish
The Story of Lautaro
American parents first put Lautaro on the record books as a baby boy name in 2002, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 15 Lautaros were born — ranking #5,278 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 59% of all recorded Lautaros. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 102 Lautaros have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Lautaro
Lautaro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 102 births in the dataset. Lautaro's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #5,278. Use the chart and map above to compare Lautaro's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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