Gonsalo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gonsalo

The Social Security Administration has registered 231 babies named Gonsalo between 1929 and 2011, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gonsalo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gonsalo performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gonsalo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gonsalo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gonsalo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 231 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.