Recorded 2005–2022 Boys' name Peak 2012 58 births

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.

2000s62010s412020s11
2010s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Mordcha was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

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 2022

Total births

58

Since 2005

18 years of records

Peak year

2012

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2005

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2022

Mordcha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2005

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2012)
9
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
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Mordcha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
41 births that decade — 71% of Mordcha's all-time total
2000s62010s412020s11

Mordcha by state

Where Mordcha concentrates geographically — total births since 2005

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Mordcha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
58 100.0%
New York share of Mordcha's total US births 100.0%

58 of 58 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mordcha?
58 babies have been named Mordcha since 2005. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2012 with 9 births.
When was Mordcha most popular?
Mordcha was most popular in the 2010s decade with 41 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Mordcha most popular?
The top states for the name Mordcha are New York (58 births).
How long has the name Mordcha been used?
Mordcha has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 18 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Mordcha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Morris, Morgan, Morton, Mordechai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.