Girls' name · since 1928
Cayetana
Cayetana has 154 recorded births since 1928 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,540 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 154
- born since 1928
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cayetana currently ranks #9540 among girls' names in America, with 154 babies recorded since 1928.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayetana has been recorded 154 times among girls since 1928, currently ranked #9540 nationally and more common than 45% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 2025.
- #22,469 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,540 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 154 born since 1928
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayetana ranks #22,469 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,540 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 154 born since 1928, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,540 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 154
- born since 1928
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cayetana's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Cayetana compares
154 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cayetana's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cayetana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 154 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cayetana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cayetana's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cayetana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Cayetana by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (101 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Cayetana's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Cayetana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 101 births (66% of all-time use).
Cayetana by state
Where Cayetana concentrates geographically, total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 17 | 11.0% |
| #2 | California | | 14 | 9.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 3.2% |
17 of 154 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Cayetanas (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cayetana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~97 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1928–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cayetana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.