Fidel

Where Fidel comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Fidel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Fidel
  • Spanish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #792 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1926
    Fidel Castro born
    Cuban politician, author and revolutionary
  3. 1928
    Fidel Ramos born
    President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998
  4. 1959
    Peak, #630
    151 babies named Fidel — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #881.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Fidel Castro · Cuban politician, author and revolutionary, 1926–2016
  • Fidel Ramos · President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, 1928–2022
  • Fidel Escobar · Panamanian association football player, born 1995
  • Fidel Martínez · Ecuadorian footballer, born 1990
  • Fidel Sánchez Hernández · President of El Salvador, 1917–2003

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.