Given name & surname · also Arabic
Mamadou
Mamadou is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Hausa. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mamadou comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Hausa.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mamadou through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,924
- 1,924 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 106 babies
- 2025
- 92
- #1,760 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 92 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,760 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (45). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,129 as a first name in 2020; 100 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mamadou’s family of names
In French usage, Mamadou shares an earlier linguistic root with Mohamed. In English usage, Mamadou has a related form in MAMADU. In French usage, Mamadou shares an earlier linguistic root with Mohammed.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mamadou
- Mamadou SakhoFrench footballer (born 1990)
- Mamadou TandjaPresident of Niger from 1999 to 20101938–2020
- Mamadou SarrSenegalese-French footballer (born 2005)
- Mamadou NiangSenegalese and French association football playerborn 1979
- Mamadou DiaPrime Minister of Senegal (1910-2009)
- Mamadou Bagayokofootballerborn 1979
- Mamadou BagayokoIvorian footballerborn 1989
- Mamadou BahGuinean footballerborn 1988
- Mamadou DialloSenegalese footballer (born 1971)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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