Boys' name · since 1990
Mamadou
Mamadou has 1,924 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,390 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,765 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,924
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,924 babies have been named Mamadou since 1990, making it today's #1765 boys' name.
Mamadou has 1,924 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1765 as of the latest data, more common than 87% 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 1990 to 2025.
- #3,390 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,765 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,924 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mamadou ranks #3,390 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,765 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,924 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,390 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,765 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,924
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mamadou's 1,924 recorded births place it above 92.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Mamadou compares
1,924 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Mamadou's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mamadou | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,924 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 106 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mamadou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mamadou's full recorded timeline at 2008, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 106 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mamadou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 106
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Mamadou by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (654 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Mamadou's strongest decade.
654 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Mamadou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 204
1990s
204 births
- 2000s
2000s
654 births
- 2010s
2010s
630 births
- 2020s
2020s
436 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 654 births (34% of all-time use).
How Mamadou compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Mamadou's total volume
Mamadou by state
Where Mamadou concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 980 | 50.9% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 124 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 54 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 41 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 41 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 5 | 0.3% |
980 of 1,924 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Mamadou's data
- Mamadou's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (654 total births) through the 2020s (436) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Mamadous (980 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mamadou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Mamadou 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.