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By Pamela Redmond · Aug 2026

Menachem

OriginHebrew
Meaning"the comforter"
GenderBoy
US Rank#994

Top 1000

About Menachem

Variation of Mendel

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#1,000#1,100TOP 1000'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#984212110.4
2015#1,08418194.4
2016#1,003204107.5
2017#1,034195105.4
2018#1,066190104.6
2019#1,14117195.3
2020#1,031199115.3
2021#1,061202115.5
2022#1,060208119.1
2023#1,077201117.5
2024#1,063205119
2025#1,088198115.9
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

#33🇮🇱 Israel#88❄️ Unique

Famous Menachems

  • Menachem Begin

    6th prime minister of Israel

  • Menachem Mendel Schneerson

    Ukrainian,American leader of Chabad,Lubavitch

  • Menachem Mendel Schneersohn

    Belarusian,Russian 3rd leader of Chabad,Lubavitch

  • Menachem Mazuz

    former Israeli attorney general

  • Menachem Ussishkin

    Russian,born Zionist leader

  • Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

    Polish Hasidic leader

  • Menachem Elon

    former Israeli Supreme Court justice

  • Pinchas Menachem Alter

    Polish Gerrer Rebbe

Variations& nicknames

  • MendeleYiddish
  • MendeYiddish

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