Mordchai — #10509 US boys' name
26 babies named Mordchai in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 26% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Mordchai was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Mordchai in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mordchai
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Mordchai between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mordchai currently holds the #10509 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mordchai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mordchai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mordchai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mordchai 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 26 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.
Mordchai at a glance
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Current rank
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Mordchai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2018)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #10509 among boys.
26 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 8 births in a single year.
Mordchai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 13 births that decade — 50% of Mordchai's all-time total
Mordchai decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Mordchai's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Mordchai by state
Where Mordchai concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 26 | 100.0% |
26 of 26 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, 2008–2024 (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.