Mordechai is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2018 and remains in steady use.
Mordechai is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #967 for boy births in the United States (and #1,979 across all names), given to 238 babies. Mordechai was first reported in SSA data in 1950 and peaked in 2018 (315 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 238 | 238 | #967 |
| 2024 | 237 | 237 | #959 |
| 2023 | 243 | 243 | #933 |
| 2022 | 233 | 233 | #972 |
| 2021 | 230 | 230 | #972 |
| 2020 | 258 | 258 | #877 |
| 2019 | 297 | 297 | #784 |
| 2018 | 315 | 315 | #750 |
| 2017 | 203 | 203 | #1,002 |
| 2016 | 184 | 184 | #1,075 |
| 2015 | 175 | 175 | #1,104 |
| 2014 | 184 | 184 | #1,067 |
| 2013 | 197 | 197 | #997 |
| 2012 | 200 | 200 | #999 |
| 2011 | 183 | 183 | #1,039 |
| 2010 | 162 | 162 | #1,147 |
| 2009 | 165 | 165 | #1,124 |
| 2008 | 146 | 146 | #1,207 |
| 2007 | 148 | 148 | #1,192 |
| 2006 | 136 | 136 | #1,235 |
| 2005 | 146 | 146 | #1,125 |
| 2004 | 153 | 153 | #1,057 |
| 2003 | 169 | 169 | #965 |
| 2002 | 124 | 124 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 129 | 129 | #1,107 |
| 2000 | 116 | 116 | #1,184 |
| 1999 | 106 | 106 | #1,208 |
| 1998 | 112 | 112 | #1,131 |
| 1997 | 114 | — | #1,114 |
| 1996 | 89 | — | #1,255 |
| 1995 | 88 | — | #1,241 |
| 1994 | 96 | — | #1,167 |
| 1993 | 62 | — | #1,505 |
| 1992 | 86 | — | #1,217 |
| 1991 | 75 | — | #1,303 |
| 1990 | 62 | — | #1,430 |
| 1989 | 73 | — | #1,279 |
| 1988 | 68 | — | #1,247 |
| 1987 | 48 | — | #1,499 |
| 1986 | 50 | — | #1,413 |
| 1985 | 50 | — | #1,381 |
| 1984 | 40 | — | #1,551 |
| 1983 | 57 | — | #1,213 |
| 1982 | 44 | — | #1,459 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | #1,355 |
| 1980 | 34 | — | #1,717 |
| 1979 | 41 | — | #1,482 |
| 1978 | 47 | — | #1,340 |
| 1977 | 37 | — | #1,532 |
| 1976 | 32 | — | #1,667 |
| 1975 | 32 | — | #1,618 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #2,525 |
| 1973 | 28 | — | #1,688 |
| 1972 | 22 | — | #1,954 |
| 1971 | 26 | — | #1,768 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | #1,971 |
| 1969 | 14 | — | #2,379 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #3,027 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #2,915 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #2,575 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #2,720 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,506 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,556 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #3,225 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #3,037 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | #2,805 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #4,331 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,839 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #2,595 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,404 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #2,846 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,084 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #2,950 |