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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| 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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#323 · 1 in 3,337
- Alabama#325 · 1 in 2,763
- Massachusetts#386 · 1 in 7,533
- Illinois#419 · 1 in 4,596
- Georgia#424 · 1 in 4,503
Best ever in a state: #180 in New Mexico, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #323 | 10 | 1 in 3,337 |
| Alabama | #325 | 10 | 1 in 2,763 |
| Massachusetts | #386 | 5 | 1 in 7,533 |
| Illinois | #419 | 18 | 1 in 4,596 |
| Georgia | #424 | 9 | 1 in 4,503 |
| North Carolina | #449 | 7 | 1 in 5,943 |
| Michigan | #463 | 10 | 1 in 6,890 |
| Louisiana | #477 | 7 | 1 in 4,462 |
| Texas | #501 | 21 | 1 in 5,067 |
| Ohio | #523 | 8 | 1 in 10,172 |
| New York | #627 | 12 | 1 in 10,157 |
| California | #777 | 11 | 1 in 13,649 |
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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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 304,249 of them was named Vidal, which outranked 14.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,374 names at #8,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 10,135 of them was named Vidal, which outranked 89.2% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).