Vidal
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #3,089 for boys in 2025, 39 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 160 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,237since 1909
Vidal over time
Rank among boys' names. Vidal has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,089 | 39 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,161 | 38 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,566 | 32 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,675 | 49 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,242 | 36 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,918 | 26 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,143 | 37 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,106 | 37 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,672 | 46 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,518 | 50 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,919 | 40 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,693 | 28 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,594 | 46 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,115 | 36 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,590 | 47 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,354 | 54 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,252 | 58 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,405 | 53 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,163 | 56 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,075 | 57 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,936 | 60 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,708 | 68 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,777 | 63 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,758 | 63 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,824 | 54 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,605 | 65 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,468 | 73 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,465 | 69 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,244 | 87 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,322 | 78 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,152 | 95 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,262 | 80 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,216 | 83 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,361 | 67 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,425 | 59 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,189 | 72 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | — | #1,457 | 47 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,258 | 58 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,251 | 54 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,205 | 57 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,264 | 54 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,177 | 61 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,154 | 62 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,177 | 59 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,299 | 48 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,210 | 51 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,429 | 38 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,135 | 52 | |
| 1973 | — | #834 | 91 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #621 | 160 |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,545 | 26 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,744 | 21 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,280 | 37 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,396 | 31 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,547 | 26 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,572 | 24 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,311 | 33 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,227 | 36 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,430 | 27 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,538 | 23 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,733 | 19 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,483 | 21 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,293 | 27 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
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| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Vidal! It came in at #1,020, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Vidal is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#783 · 1 in 12,725
- New York#1,094 · 1 in 30,926
Best ever in a state: #180 in New Mexico, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #783 | 9 | 1 in 12,725 |
| New York | #1,094 | 5 | 1 in 30,926 |
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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.
See more about Vidal
- 72 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #3,089)
- 829 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #3,089)
- 170 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #3,089)
- Biggest jump: 905 spots in 1972 (#1,526 → #621)
- Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1974 (#834 → #1,135)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1972 at #621 (160 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1972–1973
- Highest: 1 in 10,135 boys born in 1972 were named Vidal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 43,797 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.7% of all boys named Vidal (751) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 9 | #1,020 (1909) | #1,020 |
| 1910s | 40 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,488 |
| 1920s | 136 | #1,611 (1929) | #2,428 |
| 1930s | 169 | #1,293 (1934) | #1,779 |
| 1940s | 164 | #1,483 (1944) | #1,849 |
| 1950s | 289 | #1,227 (1952) | #1,440 |
| 1960s | 276 | #1,400 (1960) | #1,506 |
| 1970s | 603 | #621 (1972) | #1,218 |
| 1980s | 570 | #1,154 (1980) | #1,291 |
| 1990s | 751 | #1,152 (1993) | #1,392 |
| 2000s | 589 | #1,708 (2002) | #2,066 |
| 2010s | 421 | #2,354 (2010) | #2,870 |
| 2020s | 220 | #2,675 (2022) | #3,275 |
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.
Vidal in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 61,941 of them was named Vidal, which outranked 71.5% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,523Tyrome31
- #1,523Valentino31
- #1,523Winford31
- #1,546Vidal30
- #1,546Benjie30
- #1,546Cash30
- #1,546Cecilio30
- #1,582Bertrand29
- #1,582Christen29
- #1,582Christoph29
Tied with 35 names at #1,546; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.