Gaetano — #4699 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gaetano

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,834 babies named Gaetano between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaetano currently holds the #4699 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 87 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaetano performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 658 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Gaetano shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,450 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaetano in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaetano 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 3,834 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.