Name meaning & stats
Fidel
Fidel means “faithful” (Spanish origin). 9,662 US babies since 1940, peak 2001.
What it means
“faithful”
SpanishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2001
9,662 US babies were named Fidel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Fidel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 71% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2001)