Mendel is an uncommon boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2024.
Mendel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,846 for boy births in the United States (and #3,927 across all names), given to 86 babies. Mendel first appears in 1912 and peaked in 2024 (114 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | 86 | #1,846 |
| 2024 | 114 | 114 | #1,544 |
| 2023 | 104 | 104 | #1,658 |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | #2,161 |
| 2021 | 92 | 92 | #1,758 |
| 2020 | 85 | 85 | #1,785 |
| 2019 | 77 | 77 | #1,928 |
| 2018 | 57 | 57 | #2,345 |
| 2017 | 70 | 70 | #2,029 |
| 2016 | 60 | 60 | #2,248 |
| 2015 | 79 | 79 | #1,865 |
| 2014 | 73 | 73 | #1,974 |
| 2013 | 62 | 62 | #2,155 |
| 2012 | 74 | 74 | #1,932 |
| 2011 | 54 | 54 | #2,366 |
| 2010 | 69 | 69 | #1,995 |
| 2009 | 72 | 72 | #1,968 |
| 2008 | 53 | 53 | #2,422 |
| 2007 | 55 | 55 | #2,358 |
| 2006 | 55 | 55 | #2,306 |
| 2005 | 44 | 44 | #2,551 |
| 2004 | 44 | 44 | #2,522 |
| 2003 | 34 | 34 | #2,904 |
| 2002 | 49 | 49 | #2,183 |
| 2001 | 37 | 37 | #2,601 |
| 2000 | 35 | 35 | #2,659 |
| 1999 | 40 | 40 | #2,289 |
| 1998 | 33 | 33 | #2,585 |
| 1997 | 28 | — | #2,796 |
| 1996 | 45 | — | #1,977 |
| 1995 | 28 | — | #2,661 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #2,914 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | #3,210 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #3,299 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #3,286 |
| 1990 | 26 | — | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 25 | — | #2,584 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | #4,081 |
| 1987 | 22 | — | #2,526 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #3,222 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #3,331 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | #2,591 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #3,022 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | #3,860 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | #3,344 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #2,913 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | #2,646 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #2,534 |
| 1977 | 19 | — | #2,428 |
| 1976 | 23 | — | #2,092 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | #2,042 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #2,633 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | #2,469 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #2,766 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #2,249 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #2,700 |
| 1969 | 14 | — | #2,374 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #2,682 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #2,715 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,793 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #2,918 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,894 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #3,896 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,889 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #2,047 |
| 1960 | 18 | — | #1,957 |
| 1959 | 23 | — | #1,694 |
| 1958 | 25 | — | #1,578 |
| 1957 | 26 | — | #1,569 |
| 1956 | 27 | — | #1,526 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,765 |
| 1954 | 24 | — | #1,584 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #2,655 |
| 1952 | 20 | — | #1,728 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #2,211 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | #2,168 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | #2,413 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #2,404 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #3,020 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,623 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | #2,574 |
| 1943 | 13 | — | #2,142 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,835 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #2,745 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,405 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,396 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,896 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #2,879 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,482 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,635 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,806 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #3,868 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #2,707 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #2,997 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,295 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,389 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,432 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #2,554 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | #2,307 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #4,757 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,125 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,612 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | #2,820 |
| 1917 | 13 | — | #2,245 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | #2,671 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,857 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,834 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,416 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,182 |