Mordecai

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mordecai: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mordecai: Recorded since 2003, it reached #2,734 in 2017, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#2734highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2008	#3687
2010	#3332
2011	#3300
2012	#3416
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2016	#4810
2017	#2734
2018	#3412
2019	#3411
2021	#3451
2022	#4789
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #2734 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mordecai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mordecai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	42	9 of 10	5
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mordecai appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2734 in England and Wales in 2017.

Mordecai's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,734, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elson · #2734, 15y
Laurentiu · #2734, 10y
Mordche · #2734, 13y
Nouman · #2734, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Elson · #2734, 15y
Dex · #2730, 13y
Vasileios · #2730, 11y
Vinnie-Lee · #2730, 10y

Mordecai and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mordecai without appearing here.

Mordecai moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.
Jade Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #4789.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Mordecai

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1786.
Daithi Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #4001.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2734 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mordecai

Mordecai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mordecai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mordecai appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Mordecai at a glance

Mordecai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mordecai appears in

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Mordecai and the names beside it

Mordecai moved ahead of

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