Mordechai is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Mordechai means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Mordechai across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Mordechai has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Mordechai is a boy name of Hebrew origin meaning “servant of Marduk”. The cousin of Queen Esther in the Bible.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 6,821 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 342 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Mordechai per year, United States (1950 to 2025). United States peaked in 2018 (315/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2024 (22/yr).
Mordechai is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2018, when it ranked #1,599 nationally (given to 327 babies that year).
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