Caetano
Caetano is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Caetano
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Caetano is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Caetano
Caetano first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2003, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 12 births, good for #6,624 nationwide. About 40% of every Caetano on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Caetano last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 137 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Caetano
Caetano is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 137 births in the dataset. Caetano's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #6,624. Use the chart and map above to compare Caetano's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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