Fishel

#4,439 in 2025Boys' name

Little fish

Fishel has been given to 303 babies in the U.S. since 1959. In 2025 it ranked #4,439 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 23 recorded.

Babies named Fishel, 2025

1 in 144,000

Fishel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fishel: meaning, origin, and history

Little fish

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fishel means

Fishel means “little fish”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 303 boys were recorded with the name Fishel between 1959 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,192 in 1959.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,402 in 2020 to #4,439 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,659 in 2015 to #4,439 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Fishel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 144,000; 23 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 74,300; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,439; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 99,910 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fishel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 99,910 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fishel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fishels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fishel was born before 2016 — so the typical Fishel is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 35.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 85.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 303; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 35.3% of all recorded uses (107).

Is Fishel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +2,134; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,963; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,220; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.30×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (23)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 53.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,192; 1959

Spellings of Fishel

Fishel is not the most common spelling — Fidel is, with 24.1% against Fishel's 0.65%.

Fidel24.1%11,321
Michel22.5%10,539
Misael22.2%10,395
Fisher14.0%6,581
Isael6.7%3,164
Fischer4.6%2,158
Vishal3.7%1,734
Dashel1.5%692

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Fishel is used

Across 1910–2025, Fishel was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 78,376 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Fishel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Fishel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,439
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,963
Best rank ever: #4,192; 1959
Peak year: 2025; 23 that year
First recorded: 1959
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 303
Count in 2025: 23

Names similar to Fishel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Asahel Mechel Cashel Azahel Jahel Dashel Bethel Fischer Yahel Gahel Fisher Raphel Sahel Nahel Athel Carthel Miachel Herchel Marshel Satchel Othel Hurshel Rachel Daschel

Sibling names for Fishel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leonor Karleigh Keren Kendyl Anabel Adelle Annabell Hayleigh

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander Henri

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