NameTides

Mordechai

Mordechai was the #965 boys' name in the US in 2025 (238 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Mordechai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mordechai 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Mordechai 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#965 (238)#1,897 (13)#2,527 (7)
2024#957 (237)#1,235 (22)#2,710 (6)
2023#932 (243)#2,161 (10)#1,810 (10)
2022#971 (233)#1,782 (13)—
2021#968 (230)#1,860 (12)#2,491 (6)
2020#875 (258)#1,635 (14)#1,708 (10)
2019#783 (297)#1,439 (17)#1,101 (19)
2018#748 (315)#1,875 (12)#1,572 (11)
2017#996 (203)#2,052 (11)#2,439 (6)
2016#1,073 (184)#1,704 (14)#1,683 (10)
2015#1,103 (175)#2,150 (10)—
2014#1,065 (184)#2,079 (10)#2,667 (5)
2013#997 (197)#1,920 (11)—
2012#993 (200)#1,430 (17)#1,655 (10)
2011#1,037 (183)#1,909 (11)#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #748.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 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 7,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mordechai is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 7,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mordechai 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: #133NYMassachusetts: 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: #139NJConnecticut: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mordechai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7165

Mordechai (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MordechaiCanadaBoys#2,5277
MordechaiEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
MordechaiUSBoys#965238