boys:
1.7k births since 1990
#2988 (35th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1990
#6028 (22nd percentile)
The name Mamadou is the #6,028 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,723 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 22.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,988 (34.8% percentile) for all time with 1,723 births since 1990.
Mamadou first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (first recorded for boys in 1990).
For boys, Mamadou reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 9.5% percentile (ranked #747) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 40 births per million (ranked 9.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Mamadou ranks #854 for boys (6.3% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 85.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mamadou".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Mamadou. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.6% confident that Mamadou is pronounced as MAH-muh-due, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-MUH-due, at 20.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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