Mordecai — #2038 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mordecai

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,580 babies named Mordecai between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mordecai currently holds the #2038 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 99 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mordecai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 514 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Mordecai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Mordecai in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mordecai 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 1,580 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.