Masculine dossier · first seen 1909

Vidal

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Vidal
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1972

Peak rank proxy

161

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1909Peak 19722024

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

76.4%

2024

All-time

4,198

Vidal has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1972, when 161 boys were named Vidal.

In 2024, only 38 boys were given the name.

Down 76.4% from its peak.

All told, about 4,198 Americans have been named Vidal and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1909.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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