Boys' name · since 2013
Mordekai
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 89 babies named Mordekai, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,176 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 89
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
89 boys have been named Mordekai since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mordekai has 89 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2024.
- #18,176 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 89 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mordekai ranks #18,176 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,176 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 89
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mordekai's 89 recorded births place it above 59.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mordekai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mordekai's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mordekai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2024
- Peak year (2023)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Mordekai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Mordekai's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Mordekai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mordekai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2013–2024 (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 Mordekai 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.