Mordcha — boys' name
58 babies named Mordcha in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Mordcha was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Mordcha in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mordcha
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Mordcha between 2005 and 2022, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mordcha currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mordcha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mordcha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mordcha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mordcha 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 58 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.
Mordcha at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mordcha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2005
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
58 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 9 births in a single year.
Mordcha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 41 births that decade — 71% of Mordcha's all-time total
Mordcha decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mordcha's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
Mordcha by state
Where Mordcha concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 58 | 100.0% |
58 of 58 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 100.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 100.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.