Vidal
Vidal was given to 39 boys in 2025, #3,120 among boys’ names; 4,247 Americans have been recorded with it since 1909 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,530 Americans named Vidal and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 21 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vidal by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vidal mean?
Wiktionary, Catalan section
Vidal is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the sense “vital; life-giving” (vītālis).
From Latin vītālis (“vital; life-giving”).
[biˈðal]
Meaning: Wiktionary, Catalan section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vidal?
#3,120 among boys’ names, 2025
Vidal fell from #2,961 in 2015 to #3,120 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 20.9 to 22.8 per million.
165 babies in 1972, the peak
Vidal peaked in 1972, when 165 babies were given it (160 boys, #623 among boys’ names). The 39 births of 2025 are 24% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,120 | 22.8 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,206 | 22.1 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,622 | 18.7 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,711 | 28.1 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,288 | 20.6 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,008 | 15.1 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,187 | 20.6 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,162 | 20.4 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,709 | 24.9 |
| 2016 | 50 | #2,549 | 26.3 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | #2,961 | 20.9 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,776 | 14.6 |
| 2013 | 46 | #2,619 | 24.3 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,172 | 19.0 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,623 | 24.7 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,372 | 28.1 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,283 | 29.2 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,429 | 26.0 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,369 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,281 | 27.2 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,176 | 28.0 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,095 | 28.7 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,955 | 30.4 |
| 2002 | 68 | #1,719 | 35.0 |
| 2001 | 63 | #1,793 | 32.4 |
| 2000 | 63 | #1,763 | 32.1 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,851 | 28.1 |
| 1998 | 65 | #1,616 | 34.0 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,475 | 38.7 |
| 1996 | 69 | #1,476 | 36.4 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,250 | 45.7 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,326 | 40.4 |
| 1993 | 95 | #1,150 | 48.4 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,269 | 40.1 |
| 1991 | 83 | #1,220 | 41.1 |
| 1990 | 67 | #1,364 | 32.6 |
| 1989 | 59 | #1,426 | 29.5 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,199 | 37.6 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,560 | 24.6 |
| 1986 | 47 | #1,473 | 25.5 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,266 | 31.4 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,262 | 29.9 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,221 | 31.8 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,276 | 29.8 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,187 | 34.1 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,165 | 34.8 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,192 | 34.3 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,325 | 29.2 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,429 | 25.6 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,223 | 32.5 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,450 | 24.3 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,150 | 33.1 |
| 1973 | 91 | #838 | 58.4 |
| 1972 | 160 | #623 | 98.7 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,556 | 18.1 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,579 | 16.1 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,435 | 17.9 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,502 | 16.1 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,647 | 13.2 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,575 | 14.0 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,510 | 14.5 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,577 | 13.0 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,789 | 10.3 |
| 1962 | 31 | #1,420 | 15.0 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,465 | 14.6 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,431 | 15.0 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,299 | 17.3 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,418 | 14.6 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,580 | 12.1 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,817 | 9.5 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,607 | 11.7 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,331 | 16.2 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,353 | 16.2 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,243 | 18.5 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,457 | 14.3 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,570 | 12.8 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,005 | 4.5 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,812 | 10.3 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,784 | 10.4 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,024 | 8.6 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,533 | 14.9 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,522 | 15.4 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,829 | 11.9 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,142 | 9.4 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,528 | 17.1 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,074 | 11.2 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,577 | 17.2 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,555 | 18.0 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,824 | 15.0 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,870 | 14.5 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,655 | 18.2 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,321 | 26.1 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,209 | 12.1 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,988 | 14.4 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,464 | 10.6 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,072 | 13.7 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,670 | 19.5 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,042 | 14.4 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,120 | 14.2 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,978 | 15.3 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,582 | 10.8 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,221 | 13.2 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,853 | 4.6 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,623 | 11.0 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,369 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,480 | 7.5 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,257 | 14.3 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,705 | 6.9 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,201 | 8.6 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,888 | 11.6 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,579 | 30.9 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,081 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vidal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vidal has been given almost only to boys: 10 girls in 112 years of records.
Girls and boys named Vidal: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vidal, and how old are they?
3,530 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 4,247 Americans ever recorded as Vidal. The median Vidal alive today is 34 years old; half are between 21 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 6,058 people named Vidal (98 women and girls, 5,960 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,458 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 62 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 330 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 717 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 902 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Vidal born?
The states with the most babies named Vidal are Texas, California and New York, with 90% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,067 | #1,748 | 3.1× |
| California | 999 | #1,818 | 2.1× |
| New York | 165 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 82 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 30 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Mexico | 23 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Vidal is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vidal is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vidal with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vidal
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vidal and names like it
- Compare Vidal and AlfredoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sVidal peaked in 1972.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vidal since 1910.
- The top names of 1972The year the most babies were named Vidal.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Vidal alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with VMost given first.