Mordecai
#3,526 most common boys' name of all time · #8,605 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#3,526
Rank overall
#8,605 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
1,650
Since 2016
744
Peak year
2022 #1,712
Best rank
#1,712 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 99/yr
Mordecai first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,097 |
| 2024 | — | 74 | 74 | #2,044 |
| 2023 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,945 |
| 2022 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,712 |
| 2021 | — | 71 | 71 | #2,062 |
| 2020 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,788 |
| 2019 | — | 71 | 71 | #2,047 |
| 2018 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,196 |
| 2017 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,133 |
| 2016 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,071 |
| 2015 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,307 |
| 2014 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,432 |
| 2013 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,429 |
| 2012 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,014 |
| 2011 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2010 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2009 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,172 |
| 2008 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,921 |
| 2007 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,664 |
| 2006 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,536 |
| 2005 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,490 |
| 2004 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,877 |
| 2003 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,641 |
| 2002 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,764 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,616 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,374 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,701 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,892 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,237 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,898 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,938 |
| 1992 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,290 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,857 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,052 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,044 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,281 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,004 |
| 1982 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,523 |
| 1981 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,921 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,666 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,486 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,918 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,663 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,306 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,707 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,066 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,062 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,301 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,709 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,665 |
| 1965 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,161 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,785 |
| 1960 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,477 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,139 |
| 1958 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,127 |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,564 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,090 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,054 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,668 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,568 |
| 1951 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,747 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,155 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,457 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,854 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,526 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,707 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,153 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,983 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,733 |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,737 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,424 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,482 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,529 |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,429 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,747 |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,543 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,315 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,361 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,871 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,048 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,129 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,468 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,463 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,044 |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,578 |
| 1913 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,065 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,509 |