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Mordechai

“Variant of Mordecai — From Hebrew Mordokhay — the biblical Mordecai of Esther” — Hebrew (biblical name Mordochay) origin

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

Mordechai reached its best rank, #750, in 2018 and ranked #967 in 2025. About 6,800 boys have carried it since 1950. In New York and New Jersey it runs 10–11× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 18,000 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 20,000 boys in Canada (2024).

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

Famous Mordechais

• 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 — Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993)

What Mordechais become

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).

Similar names: Mordecai · Shlomo · Morgan · Alakai · Avraham · Malikai

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