Given name
Mahamadou
“praiseworthy”
Mahamadou is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mahamadou goes back to Arabic محمد, meaning “praiseworthy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mahamadou through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 405
- 405 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,320 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,320 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2008. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 529 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mahamadou’s family of names
Mahamadou may belong to the same name family as MAHAMMADOU. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mahamadou
- Mahamadou IssoufouPresident of Niger from 2011 to 2021born 1952
- Mdou MoctarNigerien musicianborn 1985
- Mahamadou DoumbiaMalian association football playerborn 2004
- Mahamadou DiawaraFrench association football player (2005-)
- Mahamadou SusohoSpanish association football player (born 2005)
- Mahamadou Djeri MaïgaMalian separatist1972–2018
- Mahamadou DoucouréMalian footballerborn 2000
- Karidjo MahamadouNigerien politician1953–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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