Modou — boys' name
70 babies named Modou in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Modou was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Modou in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Modou
The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Modou between 2003 and 2023, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Modou currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Modou performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Modou shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Modou 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 70 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.
Modou at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Modou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2003
- Peak year (2004)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
70 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 8 births in a single year.
Modou by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 36 births that decade — 51% of Modou's all-time total
Modou decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Modou's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 2003–2023 (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.