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Mordechai

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Up from #1,103 in 2015 to #965 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,103, 2016: #1,073, 2017: #996, 2018: #748, 2019: #783, 2020: #875, 2021: #968, 2022: #971, 2023: #932, 2024: #957, 2025: #9651 in 7,177 boys in the US, 2025#965 · rising · was #1,103 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,150, 2016: #1,704, 2017: #2,052, 2018: #1,875, 2019: #1,439, 2020: #1,635, 2021: #1,860, 2022: #1,782, 2023: #2,161, 2024: #1,235, 2025: #1,8971 in 20,918 boys in E&W, 2025#1,897 · rising · was #2,150 in 2015

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What Mordechai means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Mordechai yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,103 in 2015 to #965 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Mordechai?

US 2025
#965
238 babies
▼ 8 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1897
13 babies
▼ 662 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1103 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2150 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2018)

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 315 boys got the name (#748 that year). First in the US records in 1950.

How common

  • About 1 in 7,177 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 20,918 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (1.76 per 1,000 boys), NY (1.71 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Mordechai is #965 in the US and #1897 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9652381 in 7,177#1103
England & Wales#1897131 in 20,918#2150
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Mordechai were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250238
England & Wales 2025013
US all years since 188006,821
England & Wales since 19960354

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Mordechai

Boys

  • Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”
  • Amir#105“commander, prince”
  • Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”
  • Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”
  • Rowan#59“little red one”
  • Bowen#266“son of Owen”

For a sister

  • Willow#44From the word “willow”
  • Luna#27“the moon”
  • Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US
  • Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”
  • Kailani#253“sea + sky”
  • Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mordechai’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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