Mamoudou
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-MOO-doo
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Mamoudou is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Mamoudou mean?
Arabic: West African form of Mahmud
“praised”
A West African form of Mahmoud, used especially among Fula and Mandinka speakers in Guinea, Mali and Senegal.
Is Mamoudou a girl's or a boy's name?
Mamoudou is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mamoudou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Mamoudou, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Mamoudou in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mamoudou in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Mamoudou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Mustafa Mouhamed Hamza Zahir Abdullah Zayd Mamadou Musa Musab Ahmir Zamir
Names related to Mamoudou
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Mamoudou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mamoudou, updated 20 October 2026.