Gonzales

Boys' name

Variant of González

Gonzales has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 1956. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1957, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Gonzales, 1961

1 in 460,000

Gonzales over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gonzales: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of González

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gonzales means

Gonzales is a variant of González.

Origin, language, and formation

Gonzales is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include González.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Gonzales is pronounced /ɡonˈθales/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 31 boys were recorded with the name Gonzales between 1956 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1957; its best national rank was #2,895 in 1957.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Gonzales?

Gonzales had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1961, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1961: 1 in 460,000; 9 of 4,142,426 births
Among boys only: 1 in 236,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1961: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 319,036 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gonzales sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1961 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 319,036 children born in 1961 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gonzales. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gonzaless were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gonzales was born before 1957 — so the typical Gonzales is around 68 today.

Median birth year: 1957; About 68 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 71.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 31; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 71.0% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Gonzales rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1957 (9)
Years since peak: 68; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,895; 1957

Spellings of Gonzales

Gonzales is not the most common spelling — Gonzalo is, with 99.7% against Gonzales's 0.28%.

Gonzalo99.7%11,010
Gonzales0.28%31

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gonzales by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,895; 1957
Peak year: 1957; 9 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 1961
All-time count: 31
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gonzales

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Akhilles Pericles Nickales Lyles Nickles Ryles Akilles Gonsalo Dalles Angeles Nikoles Charlles Marcelles Nickoles Lecharles Lacharles Syles Nicoles Akiles Wales Eules Hercules Joules Aquiles

Sibling names for Gonzales

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sherie Evonne Joanie Vickey Maribeth Vikki Terese Lavern

For a brother

Lonny Hayward Danial Von Michel Burt Fritz Kirby

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