# Mordechai (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mordechai/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,821 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,821 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 354, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 183 | 1,039 |
| 2012 | 200 | 999 |
| 2013 | 197 | 997 |
| 2014 | 184 | 1,067 |
| 2015 | 175 | 1,104 |
| 2016 | 184 | 1,075 |
| 2017 | 203 | 1,002 |
| 2018 | 315 | 750 |
| 2019 | 297 | 784 |
| 2020 | 258 | 877 |
| 2021 | 230 | 972 |
| 2022 | 233 | 972 |
| 2023 | 243 | 933 |
| 2024 | 237 | 959 |
| 2025 | 238 | 967 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.