Mordecai
Mordecai is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 74 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 740.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202299 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,580people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,580 boys have been named Mordecai in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 99 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 33%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Mordecai | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | |
| 1920s | 62 | |
| 1930s | 54 | |
| 1940s | 47 | |
| 1950s | 69 | |
| 1960s | 70 | |
| 1970s | 44 | |
| 1980s | 65 | |
| 1990s | 52 | |
| 2000s | 164 | |
| 2010s | 514 | |
| 2020s | 408 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Mordecai was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Mordecai
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mccoypeak 2021
- Valentinopeak 2024
- Lucianopeak 2024
- Bennettpeak 2024
- Milanpeak 2024
- Leandropeak 2024
- Romanpeak 2024
- Copelandpeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.