Fadel
Boy · FAH-del · Arabic
Fadel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “virtuous, excellent”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Fadel mean?
Arabic: variant of Fadil
“virtuous, excellent”
- Say it
- FAH-del
Is Fadel a girl's or a boy's name?
Fadel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fadel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Fadel, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Fadel in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fadel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Fadel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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