# Mamadou (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mamadou/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,924 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,924 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 170, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 2,097 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,084 |
| 2013 | 54 | 2,352 |
| 2014 | 51 | 2,480 |
| 2015 | 63 | 2,179 |
| 2016 | 75 | 1,951 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,102 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,131 |
| 2019 | 61 | 2,280 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,643 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,072 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2,484 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,261 |
| 2024 | 106 | 1,617 |
| 2025 | 92 | 1,760 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Mamadou

- Mamadou Sakho, French footballer (born 1990)
- Mamadou Bagayoko, footballer
- Mamadou Samassa, footballer
- Mamadou Coulibaly, association football player
- Mamadou Tall, Burkinabe footballer (born 1982)
- Mamadou Doucouré, French association football player
- Mamadou Diakhon, French footballer
- Mamadou Diakité, French-Malian association football player and personal development coach
- Mamadou Zongo, Burkinabe footballer (born 1980)
- Mamadou Wague, footballer
- Mamadou Danso, Gambian footballer
- Mamadou Djim Kola, Burkinabe filmmaker (b. 1940, d. 2004)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.