Meaning not yet researched.
Gaetano: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 27 in 2025. Its best rank was #636 in 1914.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #636 in 1914; #3,979 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gaetano in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,979 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1914, at #636.
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Gaetano: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 27 boys in 2025. Peak: #636 in 1914 · most boys in one year: 87 (1921).
In 2025, 27 US boys were named Gaetano, making it the 3,979th most common boys’ name of the year, up 775 places from #4,754 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 21 boys named Gaetano in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #636, reached in 1914. The most boys given the name in a single year was 87, in 1921. For comparison, it was #5,585 in 2015 and #2,061 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gaetano in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1904 with 6 babies. In all, 3,861 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 658 babies named Gaetano.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 212 US boys were named Gaetano; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 28. In 2025 that was about 1 in 63,262 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Cayetano, Caetano and Gaetan are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Cayetano (752), Caetano (150), Gaetan (113), Kajetan (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Gaetano in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 27 | #3,979 |
| 2024 | — | — | 21 | #4,754 |
| 2023 | — | — | 16 | #5,745 |
| 2022 | — | — | 15 | #5,958 |
| 2021 | — | — | 26 | #4,052 |
| 2020 | — | — | 25 | #4,055 |
| 2019 | — | — | 12 | #6,919 |
| 2018 | — | — | 16 | #5,616 |
| 2017 | — | — | 28 | #3,815 |
| 2016 | — | — | 26 | #4,029 |
| 2015 | — | — | 16 | #5,585 |
| 2014 | — | — | 23 | #4,304 |
| 2013 | — | — | 22 | #4,374 |
| 2012 | — | — | 34 | #3,255 |
| 2011 | — | — | 18 | #5,051 |
| 2010 | — | — | 15 | #5,832 |
| 2009 | — | — | 21 | #4,637 |
| 2008 | — | — | 23 | #4,304 |
| 2007 | — | — | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2006 | — | — | 25 | #3,927 |
| 2005 | — | — | 29 | #3,406 |
| 2004 | — | — | 27 | #3,487 |
| 2003 | — | — | 27 | #3,392 |
| 2002 | — | — | 28 | #3,212 |
| 2001 | — | — | 28 | #3,172 |
| 2000 | — | — | 28 | #3,105 |
| 1999 | — | — | 25 | #3,211 |
| 1998 | — | — | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1997 | — | — | 28 | #2,782 |
| 1996 | — | — | 28 | #2,700 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,870 |
| 1994 | — | — | 24 | #2,978 |
| 1993 | — | — | 36 | #2,177 |
| 1992 | — | — | 20 | #3,257 |
| 1991 | — | — | 26 | #2,629 |
| 1990 | — | — | 21 | #2,999 |
| 1989 | — | — | 33 | #2,122 |
| 1988 | — | — | 19 | #2,888 |
| 1987 | — | — | 28 | #2,141 |
| 1986 | — | — | 29 | #2,023 |
| 1985 | — | — | 23 | #2,317 |
| 1984 | — | — | 30 | #1,857 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,233 |
| 1982 | — | — | 30 | #1,871 |
| 1981 | — | — | 29 | #1,914 |
| 1980 | — | — | 31 | #1,828 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,730 |
| 1978 | — | — | 30 | #1,767 |
| 1977 | — | — | 24 | #2,028 |
| 1976 | — | — | 15 | #2,747 |
| 1975 | — | — | 32 | #1,601 |
| 1974 | — | — | 47 | #1,222 |
| 1973 | — | — | 36 | #1,412 |
| 1972 | — | — | 37 | #1,396 |
| 1971 | — | — | 49 | #1,170 |
| 1970 | — | — | 48 | #1,197 |
| 1969 | — | — | 46 | #1,156 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1967 | — | — | 30 | #1,393 |
| 1966 | — | — | 41 | #1,170 |
| 1965 | — | — | 43 | #1,149 |
| 1964 | — | — | 39 | #1,247 |
| 1963 | — | — | 39 | #1,240 |
| 1962 | — | — | 30 | #1,437 |
| 1961 | — | — | 31 | #1,447 |
| 1960 | — | — | 25 | #1,634 |
| 1959 | — | — | 23 | #1,680 |
| 1958 | — | — | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1957 | — | — | 24 | #1,647 |
| 1956 | — | — | 27 | #1,518 |
| 1955 | — | — | 17 | #1,923 |
| 1954 | — | — | 25 | #1,535 |
| 1953 | — | — | 24 | #1,560 |
| 1952 | — | — | 34 | #1,276 |
| 1951 | — | — | 17 | #1,861 |
| 1950 | — | — | 14 | #2,061 |
| 1949 | — | — | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1948 | — | — | 16 | #1,902 |
| 1947 | — | — | 23 | #1,570 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,660 |
| 1945 | — | — | 19 | #1,549 |
| 1944 | — | — | 20 | #1,547 |
| 1943 | — | — | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1942 | — | — | 30 | #1,283 |
| 1941 | — | — | 25 | #1,345 |
| 1940 | — | — | 22 | #1,447 |
| 1939 | — | — | 32 | #1,152 |
| 1938 | — | — | 31 | #1,179 |
| 1937 | — | — | 23 | #1,424 |
| 1936 | — | — | 35 | #1,106 |
| 1935 | — | — | 29 | #1,258 |
| 1934 | — | — | 29 | #1,253 |
| 1933 | — | — | 28 | #1,260 |
| 1932 | — | — | 30 | #1,241 |
| 1931 | — | — | 37 | #1,115 |
| 1930 | — | — | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1929 | — | — | 56 | #892 |
| 1928 | — | — | 65 | #816 |
| 1927 | — | — | 64 | #842 |
| 1926 | — | — | 56 | #898 |
| 1925 | — | — | 47 | #1,002 |
| 1924 | — | — | 60 | #902 |
| 1923 | — | — | 76 | #752 |
| 1922 | — | — | 70 | #803 |
| 1921 | — | — | 87 | #696 |
| 1920 | — | — | 77 | #751 |
| 1919 | — | — | 51 | #941 |
| 1918 | — | — | 79 | #714 |
| 1917 | — | — | 77 | #688 |
| 1916 | — | — | 76 | #682 |
| 1915 | — | — | 72 | #686 |
| 1914 | — | — | 64 | #636 |
| 1913 | — | — | 46 | #661 |
| 1912 | — | — | 43 | #641 |
| 1911 | — | — | 18 | #772 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #662 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,196 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #978 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,035 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,306 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,119 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).