Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mouhamadou isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mouhamadou through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 451
- 451 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,986 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +37%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,986 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 2009. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 490 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.
Mouhamadou’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mouhamadou
- Habib DiarraSenegalese footballer (born 2004)
- Mouhamadou DaboSenegalese and French footballerborn 1986
- Mouhamadou FallFrench athleteborn 1992
- Mouhamadou GueyeAmerican basketball playerborn 1998
- Mouhamadou DiawSenegalese and French footballerborn 1981
- Mouhamadou N'DiayeSenegalese association footballerborn 1994
- Mouhamadou SeyeSlovak association football playerborn 1988
- Mouhamadou TraoréSenegalese footballerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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