Mordecai
- #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 99 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,650since 1912
Mordecai over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mordecai has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,091 | 70 |
| 2024 | #2,042 | 74 |
| 2023 | #1,941 | 80 |
| 2022 | #1,706 | 99 |
| 2021 | #2,060 | 71 |
| 2020 | #1,788 | 84 |
| 2019 | #2,042 | 71 |
| 2018 | #2,189 | 63 |
| 2017 | #2,130 | 64 |
| 2016 | #2,066 | 68 |
| 2015 | #2,300 | 57 |
| 2014 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2013 | #2,424 | 51 |
| 2012 | #3,002 | 38 |
| 2011 | #3,605 | 29 |
| 2010 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | — | |
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| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Mordecai! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mordecai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- North Carolina#1,277 · 1 in 10,294
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
- Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007
Best ever in a state: #435 in New York, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| Texas | #2,080 | 7 | 1 in 25,007 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 303 spots since 2020 (#1,788 → #2,091)
- 209 spots since 2015 (#2,300 → #2,091)
Rise & fade · boys
110 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2022 at #1,706 (99 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,636
- Highest: 1 in 17,636 boys born in 2022 were named Mordecai (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,401 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 31.2% of all boys named Mordecai (514) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #1,945 (1913) | #2,399 |
| 1920s | 62 | #2,452 (1929) | #3,620 |
| 1930s | 54 | #2,288 (1939) | #2,963 |
| 1940s | 47 | #2,862 (1944) | #3,280 |
| 1950s | 69 | #2,494 (1957) | #3,121 |
| 1960s | 70 | #2,270 (1965) | #3,289 |
| 1970s | 44 | #3,223 (1973) | #4,414 |
| 1980s | 65 | #3,482 (1982) | #4,829 |
| 1990s | 52 | #5,236 (1992) | #6,417 |
| 2000s | 164 | #3,860 (2004) | #5,272 |
| 2010s | 514 | #2,042 (2019) | #2,670 |
| 2020s | 478 | #1,706 (2022) | #1,938 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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