How Many People Are Named Fidel?
people named Fidel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 39,521 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,321 babies named Fidel in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
195 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Late Latin name Fidelis which meant "faithful". A famous bearer was revolutionary leader Fidel Castro (1926-2016), the former president of Cuba.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Fidel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fidel alive today is about 36 years old, and 43% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fidel first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 2001, to 195 babies. In 2025, 84 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fidel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #630, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #1,875.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,875 |
| Best rank | #630 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #815 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fidel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fidel were born in California than in any other state: about 2,888 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fidel was given 8.6 times as often in New Mexico, 5.3 times in Texas and 3.6 times in California.
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