Meaning and history
This name comes from the Latin Fidelis, meaning “faithful,” a derivative of fides, “faith.” A famous bearer was the revolutionary leader and Cuban president Fidel Castro (1926–2016).
20062006: 155 births, rank #1,121
2007: 176 births, rank #1,060
2008: 141 births, rank #1,233
2009: 137 births, rank #1,278
2010: 110 births, rank #1,481
20112011: 122 births, rank #1,371
2012: 100 births, rank #1,575
2013: 97 births, rank #1,588
2014: 90 births, rank #1,691
2015: 96 births, rank #1,646
20162016: 92 births, rank #1,694
2017: 87 births, rank #1,768
2018: 69 births, rank #2,065
2019: 104 births, rank #1,592
2020: 81 births, rank #1,833
20212021: 64 births, rank #2,193
2022: 84 births, rank #1,875
2023: 92 births, rank #1,765
2024: 82 births, rank #1,921
20252025: 84 births, rank #1,867
Fidel rose from #1000 to #974 for boys between 2004 and 2005. Its highest annual birth count came in 2001, with 195 births.