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Fidel

As a boy's name, Fidel is understood to mean "faithful". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The registry counts around 10,625 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.

LatinLatin "fidelis"
EtymologyMeaning "faithful"
Births by decade
1900s
37
1910s
294
1920s
674
1930s
622
1940s
737
1950s
873
1960s
864
1970s
1,031
1980s
1,312
1990s
1,715
2000s
1,673
2010s
793
Peaked in the 1990s · 10,625 total U.S. births since 1900