Fadel — #9363 US boys' name
210 babies named Fadel in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Fadel was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Fadel in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fadel
The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Fadel between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fadel currently holds the #9363 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fadel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Fadel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fadel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fadel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 210 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fadel at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Fadel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2017)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #9363 among boys.
210 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 16 births in a single year.
Fadel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 99 births that decade — 47% of Fadel's all-time total
Fadel decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Fadel's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Fadel by state
Where Fadel concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 210 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.