Gonzala — girls' name
21 babies named Gonzala in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Gonzala was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Gonzala in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gonzala
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Gonzala between 1923 and 1938, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gonzala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gonzala performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gonzala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gonzala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gonzala 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 21 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.
Gonzala at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gonzala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1923
- Peak year (1927)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
21 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 6 births in a single year.
Gonzala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 16 births that decade — 76% of Gonzala's all-time total
Gonzala decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Gonzala's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Gonzala by state
Where Gonzala concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 23.8% |
5 of 21 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 23.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–1938 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.