Mahamadou — #7421 US boys' name
391 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.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Mahamadou was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Mahamadou in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mahamadou
The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Mahamadou between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mahamadou currently holds the #7421 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mahamadou performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mahamadou shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 231 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mahamadou in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mahamadou in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 391 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mahamadou at a glance
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Current rank
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Mahamadou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2008)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #7421 among boys.
391 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 24 births in a single year.
Mahamadou by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 167 births that decade — 43% of Mahamadou's all-time total
Mahamadou decade highlights
- Peak decade 167 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mahamadou's strongest decade
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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 | | 231 | 59.1% |
231 of 391 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 59.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 59.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.