How rare is the name Vidal?

6,058 people in the United States have the first name Vidal, about 1 in 49,857. It ranks #3,434 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VIDAL

#3,434

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,058
About
1 in 49,857
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,058 people named Vidal, 88.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% as Black and 2.2% as White. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vidal peaked in 1972, when 165 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
1972
Births that year
165
In 2025*
39 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,247 babies have been given the name since 1909. 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.

Vidal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,613. The largest share of babies named Vidal, 25.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,5039
1910s#6,46940
1920s#4,428136
1930s#3,450169
1940s#3,770164
1950s#3,248289
1960s#3,664276
1970s#2,613608
1980s#3,115575
1990s#3,231751
2000s#4,799589
2010s#6,355421
2020s#6,931220
Greatest Generation 1901–273.5%
Silent Generation 1928–457.3%
Baby boom 1946–6411.5%
Generation X 1965–8019%
Millennials 1981–9625.2%
Generation Z 1997–1221.6%
2013 and later11.9%

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 Vidal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vidal has been most common in Texas (5.6×), California (4×), and New York (0.85×), and least common in Florida (0.35×).

2,473 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 Vidal

#3,432 Becca · 6,067#3,433 Daron · 6,060#3,435 Irena · 6,054#3,436 Westley · 6,052

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vidal, most common first.

#29,154 Vital · 305#34,154 Videl · 240

Also a last name

As a last name, Vidal ranks #1,877 of 156,621, with 18,771 people. See Vidal as a last name

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