Modou

#8,036 in 2025Boys' name

Short form of Mamadou

Modou has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #8,036 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Modou, 2025

1 in 332,000

Modou over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Modou: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Mamadou

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Modou means

Modou is a short form of Mamadou.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mamadou.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 boys were recorded with the name Modou between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2025; its best national rank was #8,036 in 2025.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,400 in 2015 to #8,036 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Modou?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 171,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,036; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Modou sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Modou. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Modous were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Modou was born before 2011 — so the typical Modou is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 45.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 80; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 45.0% of all recorded uses (36).

Is Modou rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +5,364; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (10)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,036; 2025

Spellings of Modou

Modou is not the most common spelling — Amadou is, with 93.8% against Modou's 6.2%.

Amadou93.8%1,217
Modou6.2%80

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Modou around the world

Where Modou ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1999–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
1988–2025
#2,878
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Modou by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,036
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #8,036; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 10 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Modou

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Seydou Abdou Saidou Modi Modibo Modie Mamoudou Hamidou Modell Momodou Mode Amadou Ahmadou Modesto Modaser Mohamadou Mahamadou Mamadou Mouhamadou Muhamadou Cheikhahmadou

Sibling names for Modou

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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