Fidel — #1935 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Fidel

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,235 babies named Fidel between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fidel currently holds the #1935 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 195 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fidel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,715 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Fidel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,590 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Fidel in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fidel 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 11,235 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.