boys:
380 births since 1992
#4206 (8th percentile)
overall:
380 births since 1992
#7359 (5th percentile)
The name Mahamadou is the #7,359 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 380 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 4.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,206 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 380 births since 1992.
Mahamadou first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (first recorded for boys in 1992). Birth data for Mahamadou is available in 31 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Mahamadou reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #888) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Mahamadou ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 39.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mahamadou".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Mahamadou. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.4% confident that Mahamadou is pronounced as muh-HAH-muh-due, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-HAH-muh-due, at 23.5% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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