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How popular is “Mordecai” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mordecai” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mordecai” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mordecai” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mordecai” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mordecai” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mordecai” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mordecai” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 23 0.000006019 23 -100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 -100%
2011 29 0.000007928 29 -100%
2012 38 0.00001039 38 -100%
2013 51 0.000013989 51 -100%
2014 52 0.00001403 52 -100%
2015 57 0.000015402 57 -100%
2016 68 0.000018535 68 -100%
2017 64 0.000017896 64 -100%
2018 63 0.000017919 63 -100%
2019 71 0.000020456 71 -100%
2020 84 0.000025145 84 -100%
2021 71 0.000020957 71 -100%
2022 99 0.000029263 99 -100%
2023 80 0.00002416 80 -100%
2024 74 0.000022232 74 -100%

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