Fidel

#1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births

Peak · boys
1959 · 151 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,321
since 1892

Fidel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fidel has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #630, 1959boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,86784
2024#1,92182
2023#1,76592
2022#1,87584
2021#2,19364
2020#1,83381
2019#1,592104
2018#2,06569
2017#1,76887
2016#1,69492
2015#1,64696
2014#1,69190
2013#1,58897
2012#1,575100
2011#1,371122
2010#1,481110
2009#1,278137
2008#1,233141
2007#1,060176
2006#1,121155
2005#972179
2004#1,000165
2003#967168
2002#901179
2001#833195
2000#885178
1999#916162
1998#893163
1997#810181
1996#817176
1995#779190
1994#788180
1993#796176
1992#839158
1991#787170
1990#804159
1989#751172
1988#769150
1987#802134
1986#771138
1985#788127
1984#830111
1983#835109
1982#845110
1981#701153
1980#841110
1979#755132
1978#778117
1977#816109
1976#786111
1975#783112
1974#92377
1973#81095
1972#89480
1971#791103
1970#82695
1969#84682
1968#87767
1967#82276
1966#76690
1965#77191
1964#88175
1963#86376
1962#83283
1961#711116
1960#738109
1959#630151
1958#87774
1957#82384
1956#85477
1955#86273
1954#80780
1953#77983
1952#76385
1951#73290
1950#78476
1949#72989
1948#75680
1947#79475
1946#76775
1945#75366
1944#67485
1943#75174
1942#76071
1941#75867
1940#85055
1939#77062
1938#76464
1937#77163
1936#87349
1935#79860
1934#76265
1933#81258
1932#93748
1931#71173
1930#69680
1929#66386
1928#73576
1927#81167
1926#82165
1925#90056
1924#79372
1923#73778
1922#80969
1921#99150
1920#92955
1919#81165
1918#99645
1917#1,09237
1916#1,02839
1915#1,24128
1914#1,10127
1913#1,49713
1912#1,26814
1911#75918
1910#1,1938
1909#1,2776
1908#1,2176
1907#9998
1906#1,1116
1905#1,0916
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900
1899#8577
1898#1,1215
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894
1893#8367
1892#7928
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
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.

See more about Fidel
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s32#792 (1892)#937
1900s37#999 (1907)#1,139
1910s294#759 (1911)#1,099
1920s674#663 (1929)#819
1930s622#696 (1930)#789
1940s737#674 (1944)#759
1950s873#630 (1959)#791
1960s865#711 (1961)#811
1970s1,031#755 (1979)#816
1980s1,314#701 (1981)#793
1990s1,715#779 (1995)#823
2000s1,673#833 (2001)#1,025
2010s967#1,371 (2011)#1,647
2020s487#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 1949

boys
#729
89 births · 1 in 19,932 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #729Fidel89
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 19,932 of them was named Fidel, which outranked 82.7% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fidel
  1. #722Rayford90
  2. #722Rusty90
  3. #722Scotty90
  4. #729Fidel89
  5. #729Blake89
  6. #729Cliff89
  7. #729Maxie89
  8. #734Lorin88
  9. #734Marcel88
  10. #734Regis88

Tied with 4 names at #729; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949