Cayetana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-yeh-TAH-nah
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Cayetana is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Gaeta”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Cayetana mean?
Latin: Spanish feminine of Cayetano, from Latin Caietanus
“from Gaeta”
Maria Cayetana, 13th Duchess of Alba, was a famous patron and subject of the painter Goya.
Is Cayetana a girl's or a boy's name?
Cayetana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cayetana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 168% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Cayetana, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1928.
2025 had fewer girls named Cayetana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Cayetana in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cayetana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
Names like Cayetana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cataleya, Nova, Briella, Luna, Antonella, Claira, Avianna, Analeia, Aitana, Camila, Luciana, Elianna
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cayetana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cayetana, updated 20 October 2026.