NameTides

Mordecai

Mordecai was the #2,091 boys' name in the US in 2025 (70 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Mordecai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mordecai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Mordecai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,091 (70)#5,137 (3)—
2024#2,042 (74)#4,271 (4)—
2023#1,941 (80)——
2022#1,706 (99)#4,790 (3)—
2021#2,060 (71)#3,451 (5)—
2020#1,788 (84)——
2019#2,042 (71)#3,411 (5)—
2018#2,189 (63)#3,412 (5)—
2017#2,130 (64)#2,734 (7)#2,198 (7)
2016#2,066 (68)#4,810 (3)#2,428 (6)
2015#2,300 (57)#3,908 (4)#2,715 (5)
2014#2,429 (52)#4,632 (3)#2,667 (5)
2013#2,424 (51)—#2,606 (5)
2012#3,002 (38)#3,416 (5)—
2011#3,605 (29)#3,300 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,706.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mordecai is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mordecai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,080TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mordecai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MordecaiCanadaBoys—too few
MordecaiEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
MordecaiUSBoys#2,09170