How Many People Are Named Fishel?
people named Fishel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,146,929 people in the US has this name
Based on 303 babies named Fishel in Social Security records from 1959 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
23 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "little fish" in Yiddish.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Fishel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fishel alive today is about 12 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fishel first appears in the records in 1959, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 23 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fishel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,192, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #4,439.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,439 |
| Best rank | #4,192 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,291 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fishel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fishel were born in New York than in any other state: about 167 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fishel was given about 15.9 times as often in New York.
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