Names / Boy names
Mendel
Current rank
#1,846
and rising
All-time peak
#1,526
in 1956
First recorded
1912
in U.S. data
Children named
2,900
since 1912
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,526 in 1956 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Comforter, consoler. It first appears in American naming data in 1912. Usage has ticked up in recent years while remaining off the most-common lists. Over 2,900 have carried it since records began.