Gaetano
#3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,861since 1904
Gaetano over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gaetano has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,949 | 27 |
| 2024 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #4,020 | 25 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #3,781 | 28 |
| 2016 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #3,075 | 28 |
| 1999 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #2,507 | 34 |
| 1997 | #2,750 | 28 |
| 1996 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #2,162 | 36 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #2,106 | 33 |
| 1988 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #2,007 | 29 |
| 1985 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #1,842 | 30 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #1,850 | 30 |
| 1981 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #1,760 | 30 |
| 1977 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #1,593 | 32 |
| 1974 | #1,215 | 47 |
| 1973 | #1,400 | 36 |
| 1972 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | #1,165 | 49 |
| 1970 | #1,192 | 48 |
| 1969 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1968 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,388 | 30 |
| 1966 | #1,164 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,144 | 43 |
| 1964 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #1,238 | 39 |
| 1962 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1955 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #1,525 | 25 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,268 | 30 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,251 | 28 |
| 1932 | #1,236 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,111 | 37 |
| 1930 | #1,069 | 42 |
| 1929 | #888 | 56 |
| 1928 | #814 | 65 |
| 1927 | #840 | 64 |
| 1926 | #894 | 56 |
| 1925 | #998 | 47 |
| 1924 | #897 | 60 |
| 1923 | #750 | 76 |
| 1922 | #801 | 70 |
| 1921 | #692 | 87 |
| 1920 | #744 | 77 |
| 1919 | #938 | 51 |
| 1918 | #710 | 79 |
| 1917 | #687 | 77 |
| 1916 | #680 | 76 |
| 1915 | #681 | 72 |
| 1914 | #632 | 64 |
| 1913 | #658 | 46 |
| 1912 | #635 | 43 |
| 1911 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
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First appearance
1904
The first year at least five boys were named Gaetano! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gaetano is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Rhode Island#101 · 1 in 685
- Connecticut#213 · 1 in 2,618
- New York#227 · 1 in 2,565
- Massachusetts#239 · 1 in 3,257
- Pennsylvania#383 · 1 in 7,855
Best ever in a state: #92 in Rhode Island, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Rhode Island | #101 | 7 | 1 in 685 |
| Connecticut | #213 | 5 | 1 in 2,618 |
| New York | #227 | 35 | 1 in 2,565 |
| Massachusetts | #239 | 10 | 1 in 3,257 |
| Pennsylvania | #383 | 11 | 1 in 7,855 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 752 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #3,949)
- 71 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #3,949)
- 1,558 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #3,949)
- Biggest jump: 501 spots in 1910 (#1,155 → #654)
- Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1919 (#710 → #938)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1914 at #632 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1910–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,710
- Highest: 1 in 9,710 boys born in 1910 were named Gaetano (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #632 in 1914, was only 1 in 10,231 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 17.0% of all boys named Gaetano (658) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 35 | #946 (1908) | #1,079 |
| 1910s | 546 | #632 (1914) | #703 |
| 1920s | 658 | #692 (1921) | #832 |
| 1930s | 316 | #1,069 (1930) | #1,197 |
| 1940s | 221 | #1,268 (1942) | #1,516 |
| 1950s | 236 | #1,268 (1952) | #1,631 |
| 1960s | 359 | #1,144 (1965) | #1,309 |
| 1970s | 351 | #1,165 (1971) | #1,614 |
| 1980s | 275 | #1,808 (1980) | #2,099 |
| 1990s | 267 | #2,162 (1993) | #2,786 |
| 2000s | 257 | #3,075 (2000) | #3,685 |
| 2010s | 210 | #3,231 (2012) | #4,813 |
| 2020s | 130 | #3,949 (2025) | #4,704 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gaetano in 1918
boys
#710
79 births · 1 in 12,829 boys
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 12,829 of them was named Gaetano, which outranked 85.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).