These little guys have the "Heissner" stamp on the back, the mark of the Heissner Gnome Company out of (West) Germany. My best estimate is they are from the 1960's, when gnomes were revived in plastic form. Prior to that they were made out of terracotta, but production of those fell off during WWII (turns out Germany was distracted back then). A little more about the history of gnomes here.
Someday, Matt and I will have a garden, and maybe these can hang out there. For now, though, they are harder to kill than houseplants.
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