Masculine dossier · first seen 1904

Gaetano

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gaetano
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1904Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

75.9%

2024

All-time

3,834

Gaetano has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 87 boys were named Gaetano.

In 2024, only 21 boys were given the name.

Down 75.9% from its peak.

All told, about 3,834 Americans have been named Gaetano and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1904.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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