Mordechai

Origin: Variant of Mordecai · From Hebrew Mordokhay — the biblical Mordecai of Esther (from Hebrew (biblical name Mordochay))

Boy's name · #967 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Mordechai reached its best rank, #750, in 2018 and ranked #967 in 2025. About 6,800 boys have carried it since 1950.

In recent years, Mordechai ran 10–11× its national rate in New York and New Jersey.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

See how Mordechai ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,973 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,437 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,461 in Canada (2024).

Mordechai Vanunu — Israeli activist
Mordechai Anielewicz — Leader of the anti-Nazi Jewish Combat Organization (1919–1943)
Mordechai Spiegler — Israeli footballer and manager
Mordechai Gur — Israeli politician (1930–1995)
Mordechai Eliyahu — Israeli rabbi (1929–2010)

Among 165 notable people named Mordechai:

Military figures appear 2.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mordechai Limon, Israeli military officer (1924–2009).

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