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How popular is the name Mordecai?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mordecais are alive today.
Mordecai (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Mordechai in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2017, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2734th most popular that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 43% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Mordechai you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Mordechais born in England and Wales are between 7 and 25, and there are at least 480 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mordechai - on average, only one in every 632 such rooms contains a Mordechai.
How many babies are named Mordecai each year?
Includes all spellings: Mordecai, Mordechai. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Mordecai spelling rank?
Where does the Mordechai spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mordecai most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Mordechai, peaked in 2024, when 26 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Mordecai spelling itself peaked in 2017, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Mordecai?
At least 480 people named Mordecai in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mordecai?
Most living Mordecais are between 7 and 25; the most common age is about 8.
Is Mordecai becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2024 peak.