NameTides

Fidel

Fidel was the #1,867 boys' name in the US in 2025 (84 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales.

Fidel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Fidel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Fidel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,867 (84)#2,952 (7)—
2024#1,921 (82)#5,120 (3)—
2023#1,765 (92)#4,992 (3)—
2022#1,875 (84)#4,002 (4)—
2021#2,193 (64)——
2020#1,833 (81)#2,960 (6)#2,746 (5)
2019#1,592 (104)#4,702 (3)—
2018#2,065 (69)——
2017#1,768 (87)#3,449 (5)—
2016#1,694 (92)#2,804 (7)—
2015#1,646 (96)——
2014#1,691 (90)#2,964 (6)—
2013#1,588 (97)#4,685 (3)—
2012#1,575 (100)#4,805 (3)—
2011#1,371 (122)#2,892 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #779.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1892.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Fidel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fidel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #934CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Fidel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FidelCanadaBoys—too few
FidelEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
FidelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FidelUSBoys#1,86784