Gonzalo
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,421 for boys
Gonzalo is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,421st for boys in the US (127 babies).
What does Gonzalo mean?
Spanish
A male given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gonzalo a girl's or a boy's name?
Gonzalo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 127 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gonzalo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Gonzalo, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Gonzalo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Gonzalo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,421st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 127 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 127 boys in the US were named Gonzalo, making it the 1,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,539th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 254 boys. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the boys named Gonzalo in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gonzalo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #1,421 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 138 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,532 |
| 2021 | 138 | #1,339 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,539 |
| 2019 | 123 | #1,420 |
| 2018 | 135 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,421 |
| 2016 | 136 | #1,320 |
| 2015 | 170 | #1,124 |
| 2014 | 148 | #1,229 |
| 2013 | 147 | #1,216 |
| 2012 | 137 | #1,280 |
| 2011 | 148 | #1,193 |
| 2010 | 146 | #1,214 |
| 2009 | 172 | #1,078 |
| 2008 | 167 | #1,100 |
| 2007 | 205 | #959 |
| 2006 | 208 | #918 |
| 2005 | 216 | #849 |
| 2004 | 207 | #856 |
| 2003 | 207 | #839 |
| 2002 | 242 | #729 |
| 2001 | 213 | #793 |
| 2000 | 254 | #694 |
| 1999 | 179 | #842 |
| 1998 | 160 | #899 |
| 1997 | 202 | #741 |
| 1996 | 185 | #784 |
| 1995 | 187 | #780 |
| 1994 | 207 | #727 |
| 1993 | 199 | #736 |
| 1992 | 199 | #732 |
| 1991 | 184 | #747 |
| 1990 | 174 | #764 |
| 1989 | 158 | #786 |
| 1988 | 144 | #788 |
| 1987 | 126 | #828 |
| 1986 | 134 | #783 |
| 1985 | 127 | #788 |
| 1984 | 134 | #749 |
| 1983 | 94 | #908 |
| 1982 | 127 | #780 |
| 1981 | 131 | #760 |
| 1980 | 123 | #789 |
| 1979 | 94 | #901 |
| 1978 | 96 | #877 |
| 1977 | 92 | #882 |
| 1976 | 95 | #853 |
| 1975 | 91 | #870 |
| 1974 | 101 | #796 |
| 1973 | 95 | #810 |
| 1972 | 87 | #859 |
| 1971 | 84 | #886 |
| 1970 | 83 | #884 |
| 1969 | 60 | #989 |
| 1968 | 77 | #832 |
| 1967 | 64 | #900 |
| 1966 | 73 | #848 |
| 1965 | 67 | #897 |
| 1964 | 69 | #914 |
| 1963 | 63 | #946 |
| 1962 | 60 | #983 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,000 |
| 1960 | 70 | #904 |
| 1959 | 64 | #963 |
| 1958 | 65 | #943 |
| 1957 | 68 | #918 |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,065 |
| 1954 | 61 | #945 |
| 1953 | 73 | #838 |
| 1952 | 53 | #980 |
| 1951 | 50 | #991 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 53 | #945 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,031 |
| 1945 | 52 | #864 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,070 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,240 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 1940 | 55 | #850 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,297 |
| 1938 | 62 | #779 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 42 | #949 |
| 1935 | 48 | #915 |
| 1934 | 49 | #897 |
| 1933 | 49 | #885 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,198 |
| 1931 | 47 | #959 |
| 1930 | 55 | #892 |
| 1929 | 52 | #930 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1927 | 60 | #872 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,018 |
| 1925 | 47 | #998 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,503 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
Names like Gonzalo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo, Santiago, Diego, Gabriel, Leonardo, Hugo, Cruz, Arlo, Zachary, Xavier, Marco, Tobias
More Spanish names
Lola, Amaya, Alaia, Rio, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia, Solana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gonzalo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gonzalo, updated 20 October 2026.