Fidel is an established boys' name that peaked in 2001 and has grown less common since.
Fidel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,875 for boy births in the United States (and #3,983 across all names), given to 84 babies. Fidel first appears in 1892 and peaked in 2001 (195 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2024 | 82 | 82 | #1,927 |
| 2023 | 92 | 92 | #1,767 |
| 2022 | 84 | 84 | #1,876 |
| 2021 | 64 | 64 | #2,203 |
| 2020 | 81 | 81 | #1,837 |
| 2019 | 104 | 104 | #1,596 |
| 2018 | 69 | 69 | #2,071 |
| 2017 | 87 | 87 | #1,771 |
| 2016 | 92 | 92 | #1,700 |
| 2015 | 96 | 96 | #1,649 |
| 2014 | 90 | 90 | #1,695 |
| 2013 | 97 | 97 | #1,594 |
| 2012 | 100 | 100 | #1,583 |
| 2011 | 122 | 122 | #1,371 |
| 2010 | 110 | 110 | #1,485 |
| 2009 | 137 | 137 | #1,284 |
| 2008 | 141 | 141 | #1,234 |
| 2007 | 176 | 176 | #1,060 |
| 2006 | 155 | 155 | #1,122 |
| 2005 | 179 | 179 | #974 |
| 2004 | 165 | 165 | #1,000 |
| 2003 | 168 | 168 | #967 |
| 2002 | 179 | 179 | #902 |
| 2001 | 195 | 195 | #833 |
| 2000 | 178 | 178 | #886 |
| 1999 | 162 | 162 | #916 |
| 1998 | 163 | 163 | #894 |
| 1997 | 181 | — | #811 |
| 1996 | 176 | — | #819 |
| 1995 | 190 | — | #780 |
| 1994 | 180 | — | #788 |
| 1993 | 176 | — | #798 |
| 1992 | 158 | — | #840 |
| 1991 | 170 | — | #789 |
| 1990 | 159 | — | #805 |
| 1989 | 172 | — | #753 |
| 1988 | 150 | — | #769 |
| 1987 | 134 | — | #804 |
| 1986 | 138 | — | #772 |
| 1985 | 127 | — | #788 |
| 1984 | 111 | — | #831 |
| 1983 | 109 | — | #835 |
| 1982 | 110 | — | #845 |
| 1981 | 153 | — | #702 |
| 1980 | 110 | — | #844 |
| 1979 | 132 | — | #755 |
| 1978 | 117 | — | #781 |
| 1977 | 109 | — | #817 |
| 1976 | 111 | — | #788 |
| 1975 | 112 | — | #783 |
| 1974 | 77 | — | #928 |
| 1973 | 95 | — | #812 |
| 1972 | 80 | — | #895 |
| 1971 | 103 | — | #792 |
| 1970 | 95 | — | #828 |
| 1969 | 82 | — | #850 |
| 1968 | 67 | — | #880 |
| 1967 | 76 | — | #824 |
| 1966 | 90 | — | #767 |
| 1965 | 91 | — | #772 |
| 1964 | 75 | — | #885 |
| 1963 | 76 | — | #866 |
| 1962 | 83 | — | #835 |
| 1961 | 116 | — | #711 |
| 1960 | 109 | — | #738 |
| 1959 | 151 | — | #631 |
| 1958 | 74 | — | #880 |
| 1957 | 84 | — | #827 |
| 1956 | 77 | — | #856 |
| 1955 | 73 | — | #865 |
| 1954 | 80 | — | #810 |
| 1953 | 83 | — | #781 |
| 1952 | 85 | — | #763 |
| 1951 | 90 | — | #732 |
| 1950 | 76 | — | #785 |
| 1949 | 89 | — | #731 |
| 1948 | 80 | — | #756 |
| 1947 | 75 | — | #796 |
| 1946 | 75 | — | #769 |
| 1945 | 66 | — | #756 |
| 1944 | 85 | — | #676 |
| 1943 | 74 | — | #756 |
| 1942 | 71 | — | #764 |
| 1941 | 67 | — | #758 |
| 1940 | 55 | — | #851 |
| 1939 | 62 | — | #772 |
| 1938 | 64 | — | #765 |
| 1937 | 63 | — | #774 |
| 1936 | 49 | — | #875 |
| 1935 | 60 | — | #799 |
| 1934 | 65 | — | #766 |
| 1933 | 58 | — | #815 |
| 1932 | 48 | — | #942 |
| 1931 | 73 | — | #711 |
| 1930 | 80 | — | #696 |
| 1929 | 86 | — | #663 |
| 1928 | 76 | — | #735 |
| 1927 | 67 | — | #814 |
| 1926 | 65 | — | #821 |
| 1925 | 56 | — | #906 |
| 1924 | 72 | — | #795 |
| 1923 | 78 | — | #739 |
| 1922 | 69 | — | #812 |
| 1921 | 50 | — | #993 |
| 1920 | 55 | — | #932 |
| 1919 | 65 | — | #813 |
| 1918 | 45 | — | #1,001 |
| 1917 | 37 | — | #1,094 |
| 1916 | 39 | — | #1,033 |
| 1915 | 28 | — | #1,248 |
| 1914 | 27 | — | #1,112 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,529 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | #769 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,244 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,339 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,275 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,031 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,170 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,145 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,195 |
| 1899 | 7 | — | #891 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,192 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,140 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | #860 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | #819 |