Mordechai

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mordechai: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,096 in 2000, and it stood at #1,235 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1096highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Stable

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1578
1998	#1188
1999	#1505
2000	#1096
2001	#1135
2002	#1253
2003	#1248
2004	#1347
2005	#1991
2006	#1892
2007	#1885
2008	#3687
2009	#1218
2010	#2941
2011	#1909
2012	#1430
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#2150
2016	#1704
2017	#2052
2018	#1875
2019	#1439
2020	#1635
2021	#1860
2022	#1781
2023	#2160
2024	#1235

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

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What the data shows

StableEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1096 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mordechai 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 Mordechai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000s	115	10 of 10	12
2010s	119	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Mordechai 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1096 in England and Wales in 2000.

Mordechai'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	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,096, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,235position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

Aleem · #1096, 29y
Rashid · #1096, 29y
Suraya · #1096, 27y
Eesah · #1097, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aleem · #1096, 29y
Harvinder · #1096, 20y
Rashid · #1096, 29y
Suraya · #1096, 27y

Mordechai 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 Mordechai without appearing here.

Mordechai moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1235 and #5119.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1235 and #3254.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3687 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1218 and #3227.
Glenn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1909 and #1909 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1430 and #3039.

Moved ahead of Mordechai

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1218 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #1201.
Tadhg Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1218 and #1749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #1551.
Mathias Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1218 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #1620.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1347 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1991 and #1135.

Moved the same way as Mordechai

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mordechai went from #1235 to #2160 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mordechai went from #1235 to #2160 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mordechai went from #1235 to #2160 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mordechai went from #1235 to #1781 and Brent from #898 to #3449.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1096 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mordechai

Mordechai at a glance

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Popularity journey

Mordechai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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