Fidel
#1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 151 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,321since 1892
Fidel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Fidel has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,867 | 84 |
| 2024 | #1,921 | 82 |
| 2023 | #1,765 | 92 |
| 2022 | #1,875 | 84 |
| 2021 | #2,193 | 64 |
| 2020 | #1,833 | 81 |
| 2019 | #1,592 | 104 |
| 2018 | #2,065 | 69 |
| 2017 | #1,768 | 87 |
| 2016 | #1,694 | 92 |
| 2015 | #1,646 | 96 |
| 2014 | #1,691 | 90 |
| 2013 | #1,588 | 97 |
| 2012 | #1,575 | 100 |
| 2011 | #1,371 | 122 |
| 2010 | #1,481 | 110 |
| 2009 | #1,278 | 137 |
| 2008 | #1,233 | 141 |
| 2007 | #1,060 | 176 |
| 2006 | #1,121 | 155 |
| 2005 | #972 | 179 |
| 2004 | #1,000 | 165 |
| 2003 | #967 | 168 |
| 2002 | #901 | 179 |
| 2001 | #833 | 195 |
| 2000 | #885 | 178 |
| 1999 | #916 | 162 |
| 1998 | #893 | 163 |
| 1997 | #810 | 181 |
| 1996 | #817 | 176 |
| 1995 | #779 | 190 |
| 1994 | #788 | 180 |
| 1993 | #796 | 176 |
| 1992 | #839 | 158 |
| 1991 | #787 | 170 |
| 1990 | #804 | 159 |
| 1989 | #751 | 172 |
| 1988 | #769 | 150 |
| 1987 | #802 | 134 |
| 1986 | #771 | 138 |
| 1985 | #788 | 127 |
| 1984 | #830 | 111 |
| 1983 | #835 | 109 |
| 1982 | #845 | 110 |
| 1981 | #701 | 153 |
| 1980 | #841 | 110 |
| 1979 | #755 | 132 |
| 1978 | #778 | 117 |
| 1977 | #816 | 109 |
| 1976 | #786 | 111 |
| 1975 | #783 | 112 |
| 1974 | #923 | 77 |
| 1973 | #810 | 95 |
| 1972 | #894 | 80 |
| 1971 | #791 | 103 |
| 1970 | #826 | 95 |
| 1969 | #846 | 82 |
| 1968 | #877 | 67 |
| 1967 | #822 | 76 |
| 1966 | #766 | 90 |
| 1965 | #771 | 91 |
| 1964 | #881 | 75 |
| 1963 | #863 | 76 |
| 1962 | #832 | 83 |
| 1961 | #711 | 116 |
| 1960 | #738 | 109 |
| 1959 | #630 | 151 |
| 1958 | #877 | 74 |
| 1957 | #823 | 84 |
| 1956 | #854 | 77 |
| 1955 | #862 | 73 |
| 1954 | #807 | 80 |
| 1953 | #779 | 83 |
| 1952 | #763 | 85 |
| 1951 | #732 | 90 |
| 1950 | #784 | 76 |
| 1949 | #729 | 89 |
| 1948 | #756 | 80 |
| 1947 | #794 | 75 |
| 1946 | #767 | 75 |
| 1945 | #753 | 66 |
| 1944 | #674 | 85 |
| 1943 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | #760 | 71 |
| 1941 | #758 | 67 |
| 1940 | #850 | 55 |
| 1939 | #770 | 62 |
| 1938 | #764 | 64 |
| 1937 | #771 | 63 |
| 1936 | #873 | 49 |
| 1935 | #798 | 60 |
| 1934 | #762 | 65 |
| 1933 | #812 | 58 |
| 1932 | #937 | 48 |
| 1931 | #711 | 73 |
| 1930 | #696 | 80 |
| 1929 | #663 | 86 |
| 1928 | #735 | 76 |
| 1927 | #811 | 67 |
| 1926 | #821 | 65 |
| 1925 | #900 | 56 |
| 1924 | #793 | 72 |
| 1923 | #737 | 78 |
| 1922 | #809 | 69 |
| 1921 | #991 | 50 |
| 1920 | #929 | 55 |
| 1919 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #996 | 45 |
| 1917 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1915 | #1,241 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,101 | 27 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
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First appearance
1892
The first year at least five boys were named Fidel! It came in at #792, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Fidel is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New Mexico#339 · 1 in 2,298
- Texas#410 · 1 in 3,406
- California#438 · 1 in 4,233
- Illinois#921 · 1 in 14,583
- Florida#947 · 1 in 14,839
Best ever in a state: #71 in New Mexico, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Mexico | #339 | 5 | 1 in 2,298 |
| Texas | #410 | 45 | 1 in 3,406 |
| California | #438 | 68 | 1 in 4,233 |
| Illinois | #921 | 6 | 1 in 14,583 |
| Florida | #947 | 6 | 1 in 14,839 |
| New York | #955 | 9 | 1 in 14,935 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 54 spots since 2024 (#1,921 → #1,867)
- 34 spots since 2020 (#1,833 → #1,867)
- 221 spots since 2015 (#1,646 → #1,867)
- Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1911 (#1,193 → #759)
- Biggest drop: 509 spots in 1912 (#759 → #1,268)
Rise & fade · boys
67 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1959 at #630 (151 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 93 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1918–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,963
- Highest: 1 in 9,963 boys born in 2001 were named Fidel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,334 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #630 in 1959, was only 1 in 14,136 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 15.1% of all boys named Fidel (1,715) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 32 | #792 (1892) | #937 |
| 1900s | 37 | #999 (1907) | #1,139 |
| 1910s | 294 | #759 (1911) | #1,099 |
| 1920s | 674 | #663 (1929) | #819 |
| 1930s | 622 | #696 (1930) | #789 |
| 1940s | 737 | #674 (1944) | #759 |
| 1950s | 873 | #630 (1959) | #791 |
| 1960s | 865 | #711 (1961) | #811 |
| 1970s | 1,031 | #755 (1979) | #816 |
| 1980s | 1,314 | #701 (1981) | #793 |
| 1990s | 1,715 | #779 (1995) | #823 |
| 2000s | 1,673 | #833 (2001) | #1,025 |
| 2010s | 967 | #1,371 (2011) | #1,647 |
| 2020s | 487 | #1,765 (2023) | #1,909 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Fidel in 1991
boys
#787
170 births · 1 in 11,884 boys
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 11,884 of them was named Fidel, which outranked 91.8% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).