Fidel
Boy · Spanish
Fidel is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,867th for boys in the US (84 babies).
What does Fidel mean?
Spanish
A male given name from Spanish.
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Is Fidel a girl's or a boy's name?
Fidel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 84 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fidel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Fidel, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Fidel than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Fidel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Fidel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Fidel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,867among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 84 boys in the US were named Fidel, making it the 1,867th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 195 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the boys named Fidel in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fidel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #1,867 |
| 2024 | 82 | #1,921 |
| 2023 | 92 | #1,765 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,833 |
| 2019 | 104 | #1,592 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,064 |
| 2017 | 87 | #1,768 |
| 2016 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2015 | 96 | #1,646 |
| 2014 | 90 | #1,691 |
| 2013 | 97 | #1,588 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,575 |
| 2011 | 122 | #1,371 |
| 2010 | 110 | #1,481 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,278 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,233 |
| 2007 | 176 | #1,060 |
| 2006 | 155 | #1,121 |
| 2005 | 179 | #971 |
| 2004 | 165 | #999 |
| 2003 | 168 | #966 |
| 2002 | 179 | #900 |
| 2001 | 195 | #832 |
| 2000 | 178 | #883 |
| 1999 | 162 | #914 |
| 1998 | 163 | #892 |
| 1997 | 181 | #808 |
| 1996 | 176 | #815 |
| 1995 | 190 | #776 |
| 1994 | 180 | #786 |
| 1993 | 176 | #794 |
| 1992 | 158 | #837 |
| 1991 | 170 | #783 |
| 1990 | 159 | #800 |
| 1989 | 172 | #748 |
| 1988 | 150 | #768 |
| 1987 | 134 | #801 |
| 1986 | 138 | #771 |
| 1985 | 127 | #788 |
| 1984 | 111 | #830 |
| 1983 | 109 | #835 |
| 1982 | 110 | #845 |
| 1981 | 153 | #701 |
| 1980 | 110 | #841 |
| 1979 | 132 | #755 |
| 1978 | 117 | #778 |
| 1977 | 109 | #816 |
| 1976 | 111 | #786 |
| 1975 | 112 | #783 |
| 1974 | 77 | #923 |
| 1973 | 95 | #810 |
| 1972 | 80 | #894 |
| 1971 | 103 | #791 |
| 1970 | 95 | #826 |
| 1969 | 82 | #846 |
| 1968 | 67 | #877 |
| 1967 | 76 | #822 |
| 1966 | 90 | #766 |
| 1965 | 91 | #771 |
| 1964 | 75 | #881 |
| 1963 | 76 | #863 |
| 1962 | 83 | #831 |
| 1961 | 116 | #710 |
| 1960 | 109 | #737 |
| 1959 | 151 | #629 |
| 1958 | 74 | #876 |
| 1957 | 84 | #822 |
| 1956 | 77 | #853 |
| 1955 | 73 | #861 |
| 1954 | 80 | #806 |
| 1953 | 83 | #778 |
| 1952 | 85 | #762 |
| 1951 | 90 | #731 |
| 1950 | 76 | #783 |
| 1949 | 89 | #728 |
| 1948 | 80 | #755 |
| 1947 | 75 | #793 |
| 1946 | 75 | #767 |
| 1945 | 66 | #753 |
| 1944 | 85 | #674 |
| 1943 | 74 | #751 |
| 1942 | 71 | #760 |
| 1941 | 67 | #758 |
| 1940 | 55 | #850 |
| 1939 | 62 | #770 |
| 1938 | 64 | #764 |
| 1937 | 63 | #771 |
| 1936 | 49 | #873 |
| 1935 | 60 | #798 |
| 1934 | 65 | #762 |
| 1933 | 58 | #812 |
| 1932 | 48 | #937 |
| 1931 | 73 | #711 |
| 1930 | 80 | #696 |
| 1929 | 86 | #663 |
| 1928 | 76 | #735 |
| 1927 | 67 | #811 |
| 1926 | 65 | #821 |
| 1925 | 56 | #900 |
| 1924 | 72 | #793 |
| 1923 | 78 | #737 |
| 1922 | 69 | #809 |
| 1921 | 50 | #991 |
| 1920 | 55 | #929 |
| 1919 | 65 | #811 |
| 1918 | 45 | #996 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,092 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,101 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
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