Mordecai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOR-deh-ky
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,091 for boys
Mordecai is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,091st for boys in the US (70 babies).
What does Mordecai mean?
Biblical Hebrew name, probably from the Babylonian god Marduk
In the Book of Esther, Mordecai is the cousin who raises Esther and helps save the Jews of Persia.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mordecai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mordecai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 70 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mordecai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Mordecai, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mordecai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mordecai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Mordecai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,091st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were named Mordecai, making it the 2,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,788th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 99 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Mordecai than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Mordecai in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mordecai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,091 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,042 |
| 2023 | 80 | #1,941 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,706 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,059 |
| 2020 | 84 | #1,788 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,041 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Nicknames for Mordecai
- Mordy 9 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Mordecai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matteo, Milo, Luca, Arlo, Marley, Theo, Ezra, Elias, Elijah, Hudson, Mason, Malachi
Names related to Mordecai
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mordecai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mordecai, updated 20 October 2026.