Maimouna
Feminine · “blessed”
Maimouna is the West African form of Maymuna, the Arabic word for blessed — and it belonged to the last woman the Prophet married.
How old is the name Maimouna?
Maimouna first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Maimouna is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Maimouna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maimouna most popular?
Maimouna peaked in 2019, reaching #4260 nationally. Today it ranks #4352, 92 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From maymun to Maimouna
The story of Maimouna
The Arabic root y-m-n links the right hand to good fortune, which is a connection most languages make — Latin dexter gives dexterous and sinister meant left. Maymuna bint al-Harith was the Prophet's last wife. West African languages reshaped the name as Maimouna, with the French ou spelling, and it is very widely used in Senegal, Mali and Guinea.
Meaning
blessed, fortunate
From an Arabic root meaning right-handed and hence auspicious; yamin is the right hand and maymun is blessed, on the widespread assumption that the right side is the fortunate one. Yemen's name is from the same root.
How the name formed
- maymun
- Maymuna
- Maimouna
Related forms: Maymuna · Maimouna · Mayimouna
Pronouncing Maimouna
my-MOO-nah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The French ou is the oo sound.
Nicknames for Maimouna
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1995
- Most girls named
- 201633 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4260reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +23.1%32 in 2025, from 26
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maimouna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maymuna in Arabic — same name
- Maimouna in French — same name
- Mayimouna in Wolof — spelling variant
Maimounas among us
people named Maimouna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 50,227 born in 2025 was named Maimouna
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nyana test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maimouna's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nyana climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nyana's path sketches the road Maimouna is walking now.
Maimouna sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Maimouna is headed
Maimouna should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Maimouna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maimouna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely interesting link to the right hand.
- Mouna is a complete Arabic name in its own right.
- Very widely used across West Africa and the Arab world.
- The French ou spelling confuses English readers, who will say OW.
- Maimouna, Maymuna and Mamouna are all in use and mark different regions.
- Eight letters and three syllables is a fair amount for American forms.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maimounas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Maimouna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maimouna in 2025?
- Maimouna ranks #4352 among US girl names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maimouna?
- About 1 in every 50,227 US girls born in 2025 was named Maimouna — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maimouna with classmates?
- Maimouna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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