How rare is the name Mamadou?

4,129 people in the United States have the first name Mamadou, about 1 in 73,149. It ranks #4,489 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MAMADOU

#4,489

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,129
About
1 in 73,149
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,129 people named Mamadou, 97.2% reported their origin as Black and 1.1% as two or more races. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mamadou peaked in 2024, when 106 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19902025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
106
In 2025*
92 ▼13%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,924 babies have been given the name since 1990. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mamadou by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #4,374. The largest share of babies named Mamadou, 49.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#7,970204
2000s#4,481654
2010s#4,799630
2020s#4,374436
Millennials 1981–965%
Generation Z 1997–1249.7%
2013 and later45.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mamadou is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mamadou has been most common in New York (10×), Maryland (2.2×), and Ohio (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.61×).

1,250 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Mamadou

1 other first name also has 4,129 people.

#4,489 Ashraf · 4,129

Either side of Mamadou

#4,488 Aliah · 4,131#4,489 Ashraf · 4,129#4,491 Delanie · 4,126#4,491 Stanford · 4,126

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mamadou, most common first.

#19,811 Mahamadou · 529#21,691 Mamdouh · 466#35,980 Mamoudou · 222#39,783 Mamady · 189#43,210 Mamadi · 164

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