first name
GONZALO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,281 people named Gonzalo, 97.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% as White and 1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gonzalo peaked in 2000, when 254 babies got the name.
At least 11,010 babies have been given the name since 1902. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gonzalo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,777. The largest share of babies named Gonzalo, 27.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gonzalo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gonzalo has been most common in Texas (4.7×), California (4.3×), and Arizona (2.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.27×).
8,675 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Gonzalo
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gonzalo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gonzalo ranks #35,441 of 156,621, with 684 people. See Gonzalo as a last name
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