Oumou
Girl · OO-moo · Arabic
Oumou is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “mother”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Oumou mean?
Arabic: West African form of Umm, as in Umm Kulthum
“mother”
Often short for names such as Oumou Kalsoum, the West African form of Umm Kulthum, a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Is Oumou a girl's or a boy's name?
Oumou is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oumou in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Oumou, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Oumou in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Oumou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Oumou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Oumou, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more girls named Oumou than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Oumou in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oumou in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
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