How Many People Are Named Gaetano?
people named Gaetano are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 168,699 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,861 babies named Gaetano in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
87 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian form of the Latin name Caietanus, which meant "from Caieta". Caieta (now called Gaeta) was a town in ancient Italy, its name deriving either from Kaiadas, the name a Greek location where prisoners were executed, or else from Caieta, the name of the nurse of Aeneas. Saint Gaetano was a 16th-century Italian priest who founded the Theatines.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gaetano in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaetano alive today is about 41 years old, and 42% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaetano first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 1921, to 87 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gaetano has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #636, in 1914. In 2025 it ranked #3,978.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,978 |
| Best rank | #636 (1914) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #829 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaetano alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaetano were born in New York than in any other state: about 647 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gaetano was given 7.6 times as often in New York, 3.4 times in Massachusetts and 3.2 times in New Jersey.
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