Gaeton — boys' name
28 babies named Gaeton in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Gaeton was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Gaeton in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gaeton
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Gaeton between 1924 and 1952, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaeton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaeton performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gaeton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gaeton 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 28 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.
Gaeton at a glance
Last recorded 1952Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gaeton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1924
- Peak year (1935)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1952.
28 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 7 births in a single year.
Gaeton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 10 births that decade — 36% of Gaeton's all-time total
Gaeton decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Gaeton's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–1952 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.