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Mordecai
Pronounced /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dəkaɪ̯/
Rank in 2024
#2,041
Born in 2024
74
Peak year
2022 · #1709
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 74 boys were named Mordecai, about 1 in every 23,180.
- It peaked in 2022 with 99 babies, ranked #1709.
- It first shows up in the records in 1912.
- 1,580 boys have been named Mordecai since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Mordecai per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 77 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 95 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 125 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 86 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 84 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 279 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 834 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Hebrew מָרְדֳּכַי (mordocháy).
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dəkaɪ̯/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Mordecai, CC BY-SA 4.0.