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 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 347,726 of them was named Vidal, which outranked 14.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,938 names at #11,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 40,587 of them was named Vidal, which outranked 81.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,506Vincente47
- #1,506Williams47
- #1,506Willy47
- #1,534Vidal46
- #1,534Abdullah46
- #1,534Abner46
- #1,534Antone46
- #1,563Barron45
- #1,563Breon45
- #1,563Brook45
Tied with 28 names at #1,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.