Boys' name · since 1992
Mahamadou
405 babies named Mahamadou in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,957 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,291 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 405
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
405 babies have been named Mahamadou since 1992, making it today's #6291 boys' name.
Mahamadou has 405 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6291 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #8,957 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,291 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 405 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahamadou ranks #8,957 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,291 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 405 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,957 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,291 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 405
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mahamadou's 405 recorded births place it above 80.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Mahamadou compares
405 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mahamadou's all-time total is 10% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mahamadou | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 405 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mahamadou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mahamadou's full recorded timeline at 2009, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mahamadou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Mahamadou by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (167 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Mahamadou's strongest decade.
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Mahamadou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
167 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s 53
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 167 births (41% of all-time use).
Mahamadou by state
Where Mahamadou concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 239 | 59.0% |
239 of 405 births nationwide.
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What to do with Mahamadou's data
- Mahamadou's decade-level peak was the 2000s (167 total births); usage has since declined to 53 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Mahamadous (239 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mahamadou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mahamadou draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.