Holding steady.
Popularity of Gaetana since 1904
Babies named Gaetana per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1923, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Gaetana's real moment was 1915.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 |
| 1910s | 145 |
| 1920s | 181 |
| 1930s | 79 |
| 1940s | 74 |
| 1950s | 72 |
| 1960s | 56 |
| 1970s | 38 |
| 1980s | 12 |
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 5 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Gaetana is an Italian feminine name derived from the Latin Caietanus, meaning 'from Gaeta,' a historic coastal town in Lazio. Despite its deep roots in Italian culture, the name has always been scarce in the United States. It first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904, and its peak usage occurred in 1915, yet it never climbed into the national rankings. The name's trajectory over the decades has been flat, rarely used but never entirely absent. While the 1910s saw a few more Gaetanas than other periods, the name has never broken out beyond a tiny number of births each year. No top states are associated with it, reflecting its dispersed but minimal presence. As a straightforward feminine form of the more common Gaetano, Gaetana remains a rare choice, preserving its ties to Italian heritage without widespread adoption.
Gaetana is the feminine form of Gaetano, a name derived from the Latin Caietanus, meaning 'from Caieta' (modern Gaeta), a coastal town in Lazio, Italy. The name was popularized by Saint Gaetano (Cajetan) of Thiene, a 16th-century Italian priest and co-founder of the Theatine order. In Italy, both Gaetano and Gaetana have been used for centuries, especially in the south, though Gaetana has always been less common than its masculine counterpart.
Sibling names for Gaetana
Names that share Gaetana's style, for a brother or sister.
