Cayetana
Cayetana is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Cayetana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cayetana is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Cayetana
Cayetana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1928, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 29 Cayetanas were born — ranking #4,663 that year. As of 2026, Cayetana ranks #4,663 for baby girls with 29 births, rising sharply (+220% over the past five years). In total, more than 200 Cayetanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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About the name Cayetana
Cayetana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1928 and has accumulated 200 births in the dataset. Cayetana's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #4,195. Use the chart and map above to compare Cayetana'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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