Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Fidel

#1,096 most common boys' name of all time · #2,598 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1892–2025

Rank among boys
#1,096
Rank overall
#2,598 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
11,321
Since 2016
839
Peak year
2001 #834
Best rank
#630 1959
Girls Boys peak 195/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Fidel first appears in 1892. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 84 84 #1,868
2024 — 82 82 #1,925
2023 — 92 92 #1,765
2022 — 84 84 #1,878
2021 — 64 64 #2,200
2020 — 81 81 #1,836
2019 — 104 104 #1,594
2018 — 69 69 #2,069
2017 — 87 87 #1,769
2016 — 92 92 #1,695
2015 — 96 96 #1,648
2014 — 90 90 #1,691
2013 — 97 97 #1,593
2012 — 100 100 #1,577
2011 — 122 122 #1,371
2010 — 110 110 #1,481
2009 — 137 137 #1,281
2008 — 141 141 #1,234
2007 — 176 176 #1,060
2006 — 155 155 #1,122
2005 — 179 179 #972
2004 — 165 165 #1,001
2003 — 168 168 #967
2002 — 179 179 #903
2001 — 195 195 #834
2000 — 178 178 #886
1999 — 162 162 #917
1998 — 163 163 #893
1997 — 181 181 #810
1996 — 176 176 #818
1995 — 190 190 #780
1994 — 180 180 #788
1993 — 176 176 #797
1992 — 158 158 #839
1991 — 170 170 #788
1990 — 159 159 #808
1989 — 172 172 #754
1988 — 150 150 #770
1987 — 134 134 #804
1986 — 138 138 #772
1985 — 127 127 #789
1984 — 111 111 #831
1983 — 109 109 #836
1982 — 110 110 #846
1981 — 153 153 #701
1980 — 110 110 #842
1979 — 132 132 #755
1978 — 117 117 #781
1977 — 109 109 #817
1976 — 111 111 #788
1975 — 112 112 #786
1974 — 77 77 #928
1973 — 95 95 #811
1972 — 80 80 #895
1971 — 103 103 #794
1970 — 95 95 #830
1969 — 82 82 #848
1968 — 67 67 #878
1967 — 76 76 #823
1966 — 90 90 #768
1965 — 91 91 #774
1964 — 75 75 #884
1963 — 76 76 #866
1962 — 83 83 #836
1961 — 116 116 #714
1960 — 109 109 #739
1959 — 151 151 #630
1958 — 74 74 #881
1957 — 84 84 #829
1956 — 77 77 #859
1955 — 73 73 #865
1954 — 80 80 #811
1953 — 83 83 #784
1952 — 85 85 #765
1951 — 90 90 #732
1950 — 76 76 #787
1949 — 89 89 #733
1948 — 80 80 #757
1947 — 75 75 #800
1946 — 75 75 #772
1945 — 66 66 #758
1944 — 85 85 #676
1943 — 74 74 #760
1942 — 71 71 #768
1941 — 67 67 #759
1940 — 55 55 #854
1939 — 62 62 #774
1938 — 64 64 #768
1937 — 63 63 #780
1936 — 49 49 #878
1935 — 60 60 #801
1934 — 65 65 #767
1933 — 58 58 #818
1932 — 48 48 #945
1931 — 73 73 #716
1930 — 80 80 #698
1929 — 86 86 #665
1928 — 76 76 #737
1927 — 67 67 #818
1926 — 65 65 #824
1925 — 56 56 #908
1924 — 72 72 #796
1923 — 78 78 #740
1922 — 69 69 #817
1921 — 50 50 #998
1920 — 55 55 #937
1919 — 65 65 #817
1918 — 45 45 #1,008
1917 — 37 37 #1,104
1916 — 39 39 #1,036
1915 — 28 28 #1,257
1914 — 27 27 #1,121
1913 — 13 13 #1,547
1912 — 14 14 #1,322
1911 — 18 18 #788
1910 — 8 8 #1,286
1909 — 6 6 #1,394
1908 — 6 6 #1,322
1907 — 8 8 #1,077
1906 — 6 6 #1,219
1905 — 6 6 #1,211
1902 — 5 5 #1,273
1899 — 7 7 #918
1898 — 5 5 #1,254
1895 — 5 5 #1,220
1893 — 7 7 #906
1892 — 8 8 #859