Gaetan

Boy · recorded 1930–2011

  • 2011last recorded
  • 1930best year

Most popular in 1930.

Last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gaetan.

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Its story

Popularity since 1930

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Gaetan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19305
19493
19513
19523
19534
19543
19893
19912
19923
19933
19964
19983
19994
20014
20025
20063
20103
20113

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gaetan isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2011
5
Rank in 2011
#12,287
How rare
1 in 379,850 boys
Since 1930
113

Gaetan was last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1930, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gaetan doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.