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How popular is “Fidel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fidel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Fidel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Fidel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Fidel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Fidel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Fidel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fidel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 27 0.000019063 27 -100%
1915 28 0.00001528 28 -100%
1916 39 0.000020161 39 -100%
1917 37 0.000018438 37 -100%
1918 45 0.000020727 45 -100%
1919 65 0.000030802 65 -100%
1920 55 0.000024308 55 -100%
1921 50 0.000021418 50 -100%
1922 69 0.000030142 69 -100%
1923 78 0.000033877 78 -100%
1924 72 0.000030232 72 -100%
1925 56 0.000024 56 -100%
1926 65 0.000028311 65 -100%
1927 67 0.000028887 67 -100%
1928 76 0.000033614 76 -100%
1929 86 0.000039231 86 -100%
1930 80 0.000035983 80 -100%
1931 73 0.000034689 73 -100%
1932 48 0.000022735 48 -100%
1933 58 0.000029008 58 -100%
1934 65 0.000031298 65 -100%
1935 60 0.00002871 60 -100%
1936 49 0.000023585 49 -100%
1937 63 0.000029568 63 -100%
1938 64 0.000028926 64 -100%
1939 62 0.000028138 62 -100%
1940 55 0.000023885 55 -100%
1941 67 0.000027499 67 -100%
1942 71 0.00002599 71 -100%
1943 74 0.000026217 74 -100%
1944 85 0.000031598 85 -100%
1945 66 0.000024878 66 -100%
1946 75 0.000023472 75 -100%
1947 75 0.00002082 75 -100%
1948 80 0.000023171 80 -100%
1949 89 0.00002554 89 -100%
1950 76 0.000021693 76 -100%
1951 90 0.000024432 90 -100%
1952 85 0.00002238 85 -100%
1953 83 0.000021538 83 -100%
1954 80 0.000020097 80 -100%
1955 73 0.000018181 73 -100%
1956 77 0.000018676 77 -100%
1957 85 0.000020228 85 -100%
1958 74 0.000017901 74 -100%
1959 150 0.000036075 150 -100%
1960 109 0.000026241 109 -100%
1961 116 0.000028004 116 -100%
1962 83 0.000020568 83 -100%
1963 76 0.000019201 76 -100%
1964 74 0.000019035 74 -100%
1965 91 0.0000251 91 -100%
1966 90 0.000025894 90 -100%
1967 76 0.000022387 76 -100%
1968 67 0.000019832 67 -100%
1969 82 0.000023595 82 -100%
1970 95 0.000026341 95 -100%
1971 103 0.000030009 103 -100%
1972 80 0.000025453 80 -100%
1973 95 0.000031489 95 -100%
1974 78 0.000025658 78 -100%
1975 112 0.000037094 112 -100%
1976 111 0.000036582 111 -100%
1977 109 0.000034315 109 -100%
1978 117 0.000036864 117 -100%
1979 132 0.000039675 132 -100%
1980 110 0.000031935 110 -100%
1981 153 0.000044228 153 -100%
1982 110 0.000031357 110 -100%
1983 109 0.000031473 109 -100%
1984 111 0.000031817 111 -100%
1985 126 0.000035303 126 -100%
1986 138 0.000038796 138 -100%
1987 134 0.000037164 134 -100%
1988 150 0.000040595 150 -100%
1989 172 0.00004474 172 -100%
1990 159 0.000040228 159 -100%
1991 170 0.000043643 170 -100%
1992 158 0.000041132 158 -100%
1993 176 0.000046681 176 -100%
1994 180 0.000048418 180 -100%
1995 190 0.000051882 190 -100%
1996 176 0.000048256 176 -100%
1997 181 0.000049921 181 -100%
1998 163 0.000044315 163 -100%
1999 162 0.000043856 162 -100%
2000 178 0.000047091 178 -100%
2001 195 0.000052092 195 -100%
2002 179 0.000047883 179 -100%
2003 168 0.000044184 168 -100%
2004 165 0.000043183 165 -100%
2005 179 0.000046556 179 -100%
2006 155 0.000039179 155 -100%
2007 176 0.000044026 176 -100%
2008 141 0.000035872 141 -100%
2009 137 0.000035862 137 -100%
2010 110 0.000029764 110 -100%
2011 122 0.000033353 122 -100%
2012 100 0.000027342 100 -100%
2013 97 0.000026607 97 -100%
2014 90 0.000024282 90 -100%
2015 96 0.00002594 96 -100%
2016 92 0.000025077 92 -100%
2017 87 0.000024328 87 -100%
2018 69 0.000019625 69 -100%
2019 104 0.000029963 104 -100%
2020 81 0.000024247 81 -100%
2021 64 0.00001889 64 -100%
2022 84 0.000024829 84 -100%
2023 92 0.000027785 92 -100%
2024 81 0.000024335 81 -100%

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