Boys' name · since 1950
Mordechai
6,821 babies named Mordechai in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,482 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #966 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,821
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mordechai currently ranks #966 among boys' names in America, with 6,821 babies recorded since 1950.
Social Security Administration records show Mordechai recorded 6,821 times among boys since 1950, holding rank #966 nationally today, ahead of 93% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #1,482 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #966 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,821 born since 1950
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mordechai ranks #1,482 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #966 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,821 born since 1950, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,482 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #966 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,821
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mordechai's 6,821 recorded births place it above 96.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Mordechai compares
6,821 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mordechai's all-time total is 18x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mordechai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,821 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 315 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mordechai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mordechai's full recorded timeline at 1989, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 315 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mordechai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 315
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Mordechai by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,100 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Mordechai's strongest decade.
2,100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Mordechai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 51
1950s
51 births
- 1960s 94
1960s
94 births
- 1970s 302
1970s
302 births
- 1980s 513
1980s
513 births
- 1990s
1990s
890 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,432 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,100 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,439 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,100 births (31% of all-time use).
How Mordechai compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Mordechai's total volume
Mordechai by state
Where Mordechai concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 4,581 | 67.2% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 1,436 | 21.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 22 | 0.3% |
| #4 | California | | 20 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 15 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.1% |
4,581 of 6,821 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Mordechai's data
- Mordechai's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,100 total births) through the 2020s (1,439) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Mordechais (4,581 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mordechai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~75 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mordechai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.