Mendel
Recorded 1912–2025 · United States
Mendel was most popular in 2024, when 114 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,253 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,910, with 86 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,942 people named Mendel.
Mendel over time
How old is the name Mendel?
Mendel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1912, which makes it about 113 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 110 of the 114 years since.
How many people are named Mendel?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,942 American births named Mendel between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,542 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mendel in 2025?
86 American babies were named Mendel in 2025, ranking #3,910 that year.
Is Mendel getting more or less popular?
Mendel is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 93 births a year, against 68 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +36% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Mendel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mendel is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,942 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Mendel?
Roughly 2,542 Americans named Mendel are alive today — 86% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 8 and 34.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Mendel is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org