Mahamadou

Gender: Boy
Say it: mah-HAH-mah-doo
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #6,140 for boys

Mahamadou is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).

What does Mahamadou mean?

Arabic: West African form of Muhammad

“praised”

A form of Muhammad used in Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries.

Is Mahamadou a girl's or a boy's name?

Mahamadou is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mahamadou in the US?

Rank in 2025: 6,140th among boys
Babies in 2025: 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Mahamadou, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

2025 had more boys named Mahamadou than any year since 2018.

Half of all the boys named Mahamadou in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 24 in 20082025

Mahamadou in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	14	#6,140
2024	11	#7,252
2023	8	#8,916
2022	8	#8,983
2021	6	#10,794
2020	6	#10,599
2019	7	#9,750
2018	14	#6,032
2017	12	#6,681
2016	5	#12,180
2015	13	#6,320
2014	7	#9,636
2013	15	#5,655
2012	10	#7,553
2011	12	#6,572
2010	16	#5,475
2009	16	#5,551
2008	24	#4,142
2007	16	#5,431
2006	16	#5,299
2005	13	#5,869
2004	20	#4,259
2003	13	#5,551
2002	18	#4,316
2001	16	#4,670
2000	15	#4,779
1999	10	#6,036
1998	15	#4,409
1997	9	#6,094
1996	17	#3,824
1995	7	#6,985
1994	9	#5,862
1993	0	–
1992	7	#6,662