Mendel
Boy · MEN-del · Hebrew
Mendel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “comforter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,837th for boys in the US (86 babies).
What does Mendel mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish pet form of Menachem
“comforter”
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement until 1994, bore both forms of the name.
- Say it
- MEN-del
Is Mendel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mendel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 86 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mendel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Mendel, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mendel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Mendel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Mendel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,837among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 86 boys in the US were named Mendel, making it the 1,837th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,778th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 114 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Mendel in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mendel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #1,837 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,540 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,650 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,149 |
| 2021 | 92 | #1,750 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 77 | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,014 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 79 | #1,853 |
| 2014 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,922 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,404 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 35 | #2,616 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,954 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 24 | #1,558 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
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