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Mordechai

A given name in English, German and 1 more

masculineLatin script

/ˈmɔʁdəˌxaɪ̯/ · German

Origin: Not established
3 language contexts: English German Finnish
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Mordechai

Mordechai is a masculine given name documented in English, German and Finnish.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

hebr. מרדכי (mordecháy) < akad. 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (Marduk)

Sources for this account (7)

Polish Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q20000620CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Mordechai is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Mordechai’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 238 boys (rank 965). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Mordechai

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 238; applications; Rank #965
Peak year: 2018; 315 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Mordechai in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	8	2,770	observed
1951	5	3,714	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	9	2,709	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	7	3,201	observed
1956	11	2,497	observed
1957	6	3,552	observed
1958	5	3,944	observed
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	10	2,685	observed
1961	9	2,900	observed
1962	8	3,041	observed
1963	7	3,318	observed
1964	7	3,282	observed
1965	10	2,617	observed
1966	11	2,465	observed
1967	9	2,760	observed
1968	9	2,907	observed
1969	14	2,308	observed
1970	21	1,939	observed
1971	26	1,745	observed
1972	22	1,928	observed
1973	28	1,653	observed
1974	16	2,459	observed
1975	32	1,593	observed
1976	32	1,646	observed
1977	37	1,515	observed
1978	47	1,326	observed
1979	41	1,464	observed
1980	34	1,695	observed
1981	49	1,334	observed
1982	44	1,441	observed
1983	57	1,205	observed
1984	40	1,531	observed
1985	50	1,371	observed
1986	50	1,403	observed
1987	48	1,484	observed
1988	68	1,239	observed
1989	73	1,268	observed
1990	62	1,420	observed
1991	75	1,297	observed
1992	86	1,210	observed
1993	62	1,493	observed
1994	96	1,163	observed
1995	88	1,239	observed
1996	89	1,246	observed
1997	114	1,110	observed
1998	112	1,130	observed
1999	106	1,203	observed
2000	116	1,175	observed
2001	129	1,100	observed
2002	124	1,147	observed
2003	169	964	observed
2004	153	1,053	observed
2005	146	1,123	observed
2006	136	1,229	observed
2007	148	1,188	observed
2008	146	1,205	observed
2009	165	1,118	observed
2010	162	1,143	observed
2011	183	1,037	observed
2012	200	993	observed
2013	197	997	observed
2014	184	1,065	observed
2015	175	1,103	observed
2016	184	1,073	observed
2017	203	996	observed
2018	315	748	observed
2019	297	783	observed
2020	258	875	observed
2021	230	968	observed
2022	233	971	observed
2023	243	932	observed
2024	237	957	observed
2025	238	965	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Mordechai” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Mordechai with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q20000620CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Mordechai

Mordechai is a masculine given name documented in English, German and Finnish.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

hebr. מרדכי (mordecháy) < akad. 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (Marduk)

Sources for this account (7)

Polish Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q20000620CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Mordechai is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Mordechai’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 238 boys (rank 965). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Mordechai

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 238; applications; Rank #965
Peak year: 2018; 315 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Mordechai in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	8	2,770	observed
1951	5	3,714	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	9	2,709	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	7	3,201	observed
1956	11	2,497	observed
1957	6	3,552	observed
1958	5	3,944	observed
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	10	2,685	observed
1961	9	2,900	observed
1962	8	3,041	observed
1963	7	3,318	observed
1964	7	3,282	observed
1965	10	2,617	observed
1966	11	2,465	observed
1967	9	2,760	observed
1968	9	2,907	observed
1969	14	2,308	observed
1970	21	1,939	observed
1971	26	1,745	observed
1972	22	1,928	observed
1973	28	1,653	observed
1974	16	2,459	observed
1975	32	1,593	observed
1976	32	1,646	observed
1977	37	1,515	observed
1978	47	1,326	observed
1979	41	1,464	observed
1980	34	1,695	observed
1981	49	1,334	observed
1982	44	1,441	observed
1983	57	1,205	observed
1984	40	1,531	observed
1985	50	1,371	observed
1986	50	1,403	observed
1987	48	1,484	observed
1988	68	1,239	observed
1989	73	1,268	observed
1990	62	1,420	observed
1991	75	1,297	observed
1992	86	1,210	observed
1993	62	1,493	observed
1994	96	1,163	observed
1995	88	1,239	observed
1996	89	1,246	observed
1997	114	1,110	observed
1998	112	1,130	observed
1999	106	1,203	observed
2000	116	1,175	observed
2001	129	1,100	observed
2002	124	1,147	observed
2003	169	964	observed
2004	153	1,053	observed
2005	146	1,123	observed
2006	136	1,229	observed
2007	148	1,188	observed
2008	146	1,205	observed
2009	165	1,118	observed
2010	162	1,143	observed
2011	183	1,037	observed
2012	200	993	observed
2013	197	997	observed
2014	184	1,065	observed
2015	175	1,103	observed
2016	184	1,073	observed
2017	203	996	observed
2018	315	748	observed
2019	297	783	observed
2020	258	875	observed
2021	230	968	observed
2022	233	971	observed
2023	243	932	observed
2024	237	957	observed
2025	238	965	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q20000620CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MordechaiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Mordechai

About Mordechai

Etymology in the sources

Where Mordechai is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Mordecai

Mordechaj

מרדכי

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Mordechai

About Mordechai

Etymology in the sources

Where Mordechai is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Mordecai

Mordechaj

מרדכי

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Mordechai

Etymology in the sources

Where Mordechai is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Mordecai

Mordechaj

מרדכי

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Mordechai

Etymology in the sources

Where Mordechai is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Mordecai

Mordechaj

מרדכי

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page