Cayetano

Gender: Boy
Say it: kah-yeh-TAH-noh
Origin: Latin
US rank, 2025: #9,710 for boys

Cayetano is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Gaeta”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).

What does Cayetano mean?

Latin: Spanish form of Gaetano, from Latin Caietanus

“from Gaeta”

Spanish form of Gaetano; Saint Cajetan is widely venerated in Argentina as the patron of bread and work.

Is Cayetano a girl's or a boy's name?

Cayetano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Cayetano in the US?

Rank in 2025: 9,710th among boys
Babies in 2025: 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Cayetano, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1937, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.

Half of all the boys named Cayetano in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.

1906Busiest: 15 in 19372025

Cayetano in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	7	#9,710
2024	7	#9,888
2023	7	#9,757
2022	8	#8,983
2021	7	#9,709
2020	0	–
2019	6	#10,797
2018	6	#10,754
2017	10	#7,542
2016	0	–
2015	6	#10,638
2014	5	#12,102
2013	6	#10,722
2012	7	#9,703
2011	6	#10,801
2010	7	#9,686
2009	9	#8,305
2008	8	#9,013
2007	7	#9,782
2006	15	#5,521
2005	6	#10,144
2004	9	#7,530
2003	5	#10,886
2002	7	#8,449
2001	10	#6,438
2000	6	#9,104
1999	6	#8,697
1998	5	#9,623
1997	0	–
1996	0	–
1995	9	#5,922
1994	8	#6,366
1993	6	#7,631
1992	6	#7,414
1991	10	#5,088
1990	9	#5,375
1989	0	–
1988	0	–
1987	5	#6,945
1986	9	#4,453
1985	6	#5,780
1984	6	#5,557
1983	6	#5,481
1982	8	#4,591
1981	10	#3,856
1980	5	#6,248
1979	5	#6,054
1978	13	#3,069
1977	0	–
1976	7	#4,416
1975	7	#4,307
1974	6	#4,632
1973	0	–
1972	6	#4,438
1971	6	#4,373
1970	6	#4,228
1969	6	#3,934
1968	7	#3,364
1967	5	#3,964
1966	0	–
1965	0	–
1964	5	#4,038
1963	0	–
1962	0	–
1961	7	#3,354
1960	6	#3,663
1959	10	#2,662
1958	0	–
1957	10	#2,629
1956	6	#3,533
1955	7	#3,199
1954	5	#3,825
1953	11	#2,390
1952	5	#3,731
1951	8	#2,842
1950	15	#1,940
1949	11	#2,336
1948	11	#2,325
1947	0	–
1946	11	#2,270
1945	8	#2,573
1944	7	#2,861
1943	13	#2,073
1942	6	#3,211
1941	7	#2,871
1940	9	#2,478
1939	9	#2,449
1938	0	–
1937	15	#1,828
1936	6	#3,146
1935	7	#2,951
1934	5	#3,677
1933	9	#2,541
1932	6	#3,360
1931	14	#2,003
1930	10	#2,607
1929	10	#2,588
1928	13	#2,270
1927	14	#2,193
1926	0	–
1925	13	#2,312
1924	12	#2,473
1923	5	#4,236
1922	10	#2,800
1921	12	#2,501
1920	0	–
1919	12	#2,384
1918	0	–
1917	6	#3,543
1916	0	–
1915	6	#3,391
1914	5	#3,263
1913	5	#2,820
1912	0	–
1911	0	–
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	5	#1,252