# Fidel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fidel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /fɪˈdɛl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,321 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,321 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 105, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Fidel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 122 | 1,371 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 97 | 1,594 |
| 2014 | 90 | 1,695 |
| 2015 | 96 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 92 | 1,700 |
| 2017 | 87 | 1,771 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,071 |
| 2019 | 104 | 1,596 |
| 2020 | 81 | 1,837 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,203 |
| 2022 | 84 | 1,876 |
| 2023 | 92 | 1,767 |
| 2024 | 82 | 1,927 |
| 2025 | 84 | 1,875 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ֆիդել
- Hindi: फ़िदेल
- Russian: Фиде́ль
- Spanish: Fidel

## People named Fidel

- Fidel Castro, Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)
- Fidel Martínez, Ecuadorian footballer
- Fidel LaBarba, American boxer (1905–1981)
- Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart, first son of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro
- Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian and politician (1815-1903)
- Fidel Nadal, Argentine musician
- Fidel Corrales Jiménez, Cuban-American chess player
- Coti, Argentine recording artist; singer-songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.