Fidel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fidel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fidel: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,591, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1591highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2004	#3009
2005	#1991
2006	#2870
2007	#3095
2009	#2837
2010	#2629
2011	#2892
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2014	#2964
2016	#2804
2017	#3449
2019	#4702
2020	#2960
2022	#4001
2023	#4991
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1591 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Fidel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fidel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	1 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	35	7 of 10	5
2010s	40	8 of 10	5
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Fidel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1591 in England and Wales in 1996.

Fidel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,591, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Filip · #13, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Billy-Ray · #1591, 24y
Deri · #1591, 25y
Laine · #1591, 24y
Mohib · #1591, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Billy-Ray · #1591, 24y
Dempsey · #1591, 29y
Deri · #1591, 25y
Keano · #1591, 27y

Fidel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fidel without appearing here.

Fidel moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4702 and #1745 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #4789.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2837 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Fidel

Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2488.
Tadhg Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1591 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1002.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Hunter Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1591 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.

Moved the opposite way to Fidel

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fidel went from #1591 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fidel went from #1591 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fidel went from #1591 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fidel went from #1591 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Fidel

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fidel went from #1591 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fidel went from #1591 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fidel went from #1591 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fidel went from #1591 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1591 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fidel

Fidel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fidel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Fidel at a glance

Fidel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Fidel and the names beside it

Fidel moved ahead of

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