Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Mendel

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown

Pronunciation

m(e)-ndel, men-del

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1587, 108 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1837, 86 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202586
2024108
2023104
202268
202192
202085
201977
201857
201770
201660

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #2160, 10 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3655, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20255
20244
202310
20229
20214
20206
20199
20184
20177
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #1411, 23 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2230, 11 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202311
202215
202114
202015
201913
201811
201720
20167
201512
201423

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence