Gonzalo

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A few things about Gonzalo you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Gonzalo

Gonzalo Higuaín

Argentine association football player

Choose Gonzalo and your child shares a first name with Gonzalo Higuaín, an Argentine association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Gonzalo, like who?” Gonzalo Higuaín's Wikipedia article is available in 75 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 13,441 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Gonzalo, 127 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Gonzalo would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryGonzalo first shows up in US birth records in 1902, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 123 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2000, when it reached #695.
• 🚀TrendGonzalo has climbed 118 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,421. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedGonzalo is most popular in Arizona, where it ranks #672, followed by California (#754) and Texas (#915). It's in the top 1,000 in 3 states.

About the name Gonzalo

Gonzalo is a boy name of Hispanic, Latin and Spanish origin. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, starting with G and ending in “-alo”. US birth records list Gonzalo for boys from 1902 to 2025, in 118 of those 124 years. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked #695 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,421, with 127 babies.

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