Bintou
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BIN-too
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Bintou is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Bintou mean?
Arabic: West African name, from Arabic bint 'daughter'
“daughter”
A common girl's name in Mali, Senegal, Guinea and The Gambia.
Is Bintou a girl's or a boy's name?
Bintou is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bintou in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Bintou, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bintou in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Bintou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Bintou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Bintou, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Bintou in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bintou in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Bintou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Amira, Hiba, Zara, Layla, Yusra, Ayat, Ayla
Names related to Bintou
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana, Dua
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bintou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bintou, updated 20 October 2026.