Mouhamadou
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-HAH-mah-doo
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Mouhamadou is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, praiseworthy”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Mouhamadou mean?
Arabic: West African French spelling of Muhammad
“praised, praiseworthy”
A West African spelling of Muhammad, used especially in Senegal, Mali and Guinea.
Is Mouhamadou a girl's or a boy's name?
Mouhamadou is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mouhamadou in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Mouhamadou, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mouhamadou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
How popular is Mouhamadou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Mouhamadou, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Mouhamadou in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mouhamadou in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Mouhamadou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mustafa, Musa, Abdullah, Zayd, Hamza, Abdulrahman, Ahmed, Zayaan, Huzaifa, Zayan, Musab
Names related to Mouhamadou
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Mouhamadou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mouhamadou, updated 20 October 2026.