# Gonzalo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gonzalo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,010 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,010 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 45, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Gonzalo.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 148 | 1,195 |
| 2012 | 137 | 1,282 |
| 2013 | 147 | 1,223 |
| 2014 | 148 | 1,229 |
| 2015 | 170 | 1,125 |
| 2016 | 136 | 1,320 |
| 2017 | 122 | 1,424 |
| 2018 | 135 | 1,335 |
| 2019 | 123 | 1,422 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,543 |
| 2021 | 138 | 1,342 |
| 2022 | 117 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 138 | 1,362 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,474 |
| 2025 | 127 | 1,423 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Gonzalo

- Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine association football player
- Gonzalo Montiel, Argentinian association football player
- Gonzalo Castro, German footballer
- Gonzalo Jara, Chilean association football player
- Gonzalo Plata, Ecuadorian footballer
- Gonzalo Rodríguez, Argentine association football player
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, founder of Bogotá
- Gonzalo Fierro, Chilean footballer
- Gonzalo de Berceo, 13th-century Castilian poet
- Gonzalo Rojas, Chilean writer, poet and professor
- Gonzalo Bergessio, Argentinian footballer
- Infante Gonzalo of Spain, (1914-1934)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.