first name
FIDEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,420 people named Fidel, 93.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Fidel peaked in 2001, when 195 babies got the name.
At least 11,321 babies have been given the name since 1892. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Fidel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,606. The largest share of babies named Fidel, 22.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Fidel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fidel has been most common in New Mexico (9.1×), Texas (5.3×), and California (3.8×), and least common in North Carolina (0.17×).
8,745 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Fidel
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fidel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Fidel ranks #34,822 of 156,621, with 699 people. See Fidel as a last name
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