How rare is the name Mordechai?

4,847 people in the United States have the first name Mordechai, about 1 in 62,313. It ranks #4,008 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MORDECHAI

#4,008

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,847
About
1 in 62,313
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,847 people named Mordechai, 98.1% reported their origin as White. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mordechai peaked in 2018, when 315 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
315
In 2025*
238 ▼24%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,821 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mordechai by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,973. The largest share of babies named Mordechai, 43.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#8,01451
1960s#6,70994
1970s#4,086302
1980s#3,371513
1990s#2,879890
2000s#2,5841,432
2010s#2,1352,100
2020s#1,9731,439
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–805.7%
Millennials 1981–9615.2%
Generation Z 1997–1233.9%
2013 and later43.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Mordechai

#4,006 Enriqueta · 4,852#4,007 Tressa · 4,848#4,009 Zavier · 4,846#4,010 Cathie · 4,844

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mordechai, most common first.

#12,788 Mordecai · 962

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