Masculine dossier · first seen 1950

Mordechai

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mordechai
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

315

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1950Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

26%

2024

233

All-time

6,578

Mordechai has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 315 boys were named Mordechai.

In 2024, only 233 boys were given the name.

Down 26% from its peak.

All told, about 6,578 Americans have been named Mordechai and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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