Mandel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mandel

The Social Security Administration has registered 583 babies named Mandel between 1913 and 2011, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mandel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mandel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Mandel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mandel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mandel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 583 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.