Nidal comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Struggling" or "Striving".
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How popular is Nidal?
1993peak year
The name Nidal reached its peak in 1993, with 13 registrations (ranked #4621). It had only entered records 19 years earlier, in 1974. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #11034) today, averaging about 7 new babies per year. Across all years on record, approximately 215 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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