Fun Facts About the Name Gaetana
- 676 babies named Gaetana: U.S. records list 676 babies given the name Gaetana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gaetana Mean?
Gaetana is the feminine form of the Italian name Gaetano, and its established meaning is "from Gaeta." Gaetano comes from the Latin Caietanus, an adjective meaning "of Caieta," the ancient name of the town of Gaeta on the coast of Lazio, Italy. The feminine form adds the Italian feminine ending -a to the same root. The sense is geographic rather than descriptive: it identifies a woman as coming from or belonging to Gaeta.
Gaetana Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the Italian branch of names derived from Latin place adjectives. The Latin Caietanus denoted a person from Caieta, and it passed into Italian as Gaetano, with the feminine Gaetana. Gaetana is simply the feminine counterpart of Gaetano rather than a separate source name. The masculine form is also the name of Saint Cajetan (Gaetano da Thiene, 1480 - 1547), a Catholic reformer and founder of the Theatines. Gaetana follows the same naming pattern and is used mainly in Italy and Italian-speaking communities.
Ancient tradition connected Caieta with the nurse of Aeneas, who was said to be buried there. That is a literary origin story for the place name, not a documented explanation of the personal name.
How Popular is the Name Gaetana?
Gaetana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1923. Its best rank was #1,420 in 1915.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | #18,444 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #14,004 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #11,300 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #9,405 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #8,791 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #9,765 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #7,740 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #5,212 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #7,685 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #8,397 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #6,899 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #5,653 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #5,443 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #4,182 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #6,944 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #5,003 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #4,095 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #5,213 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #6,391 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #5,505 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #4,509 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #4,399 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #3,172 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1952 | #3,088 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1951 | #5,691 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #4,455 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,998 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #3,990 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #5,587 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #4,139 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #4,784 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #3,489 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1943 | #3,604 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #3,061 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1941 | #3,355 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #3,626 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1939 | #3,936 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #3,612 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1937 | #2,808 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1936 | #4,444 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #3,010 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1934 | #4,520 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1933 | #2,752 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1932 | #3,702 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #2,847 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1930 | #2,926 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1929 | #2,039 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1928 | #3,923 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1927 | #2,128 | 18 | 0.0015% |
| 1926 | #1,900 | 21 | 0.0018% |
| 1925 | #2,063 | 19 | 0.0016% |
| 1924 | #2,453 | 15 | 0.0012% |
| 1923 | #1,608 | 27 | 0.0022% |
| 1922 | #1,748 | 24 | 0.0020% |
| 1921 | #2,685 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1920 | #1,979 | 20 | 0.0017% |
| 1919 | #2,014 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1918 | #2,314 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1917 | #1,736 | 21 | 0.0019% |
| 1916 | #2,299 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1915 | #1,420 | 26 | 0.0026% |
| 1914 | #1,849 | 14 | 0.0018% |
| 1913 | #1,706 | 13 | 0.0021% |
| 1912 | #2,037 | 9 | 0.0016% |
| 1911 | #2,297 | 6 | 0.0014% |
| 1910 | #1,683 | 9 | 0.0023% |
| 1909 | #2,339 | 5 | 0.0014% |
| 1904 | #1,994 | 5 | 0.0018% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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