Gaetano
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- guy-TAH-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Gaetano is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Gaeta”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Gaetano mean?
Latin: Italian form of Latin Caietanus
“from Gaeta”
Saint Gaetano (Cajetan) co-founded the Theatine order; composer Gaetano Donizetti wrote Lucia di Lammermoor.
Is Gaetano a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaetano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaetano in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Gaetano, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Gaetano than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Gaetano in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gaetano in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,215 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,165 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,192 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,387 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,164 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,144 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,422 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,438 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,395 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,268 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,333 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,171 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,403 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,095 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,247 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,111 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,069 |
| 1929 | 56 | #888 |
| 1928 | 65 | #814 |
| 1927 | 64 | #840 |
| 1926 | 56 | #894 |
| 1925 | 47 | #998 |
| 1924 | 60 | #897 |
| 1923 | 76 | #750 |
| 1922 | 70 | #801 |
| 1921 | 87 | #692 |
| 1920 | 77 | #744 |
| 1919 | 51 | #938 |
| 1918 | 79 | #710 |
| 1917 | 77 | #687 |
| 1916 | 76 | #680 |
| 1915 | 72 | #681 |
| 1914 | 64 | #632 |
| 1913 | 46 | #658 |
| 1912 | 43 | #635 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
Nicknames for Gaetano
- Tano
Names like Gaetano
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Gaetano: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaetano, updated 20 October 2026.