NameTides

Bintou

Bintou was the #6,116 girls' name in the US in 2025 (19 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Bintou as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Bintou as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Bintou as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,116 (19)#3,333 (7)#2,282 (9)
2024#4,114 (35)—#2,445 (8)
2023#6,680 (17)#2,504 (10)#1,678 (13)
2022#4,907 (27)#3,534 (6)#2,315 (8)
2021#6,174 (19)#3,961 (5)—
2020#6,083 (19)#3,447 (6)#2,873 (6)
2019#5,041 (26)#3,541 (6)#3,266 (5)
2018#7,409 (15)#4,684 (4)#2,587 (7)
2017#7,442 (15)#3,229 (7)#2,179 (9)
2016#4,990 (27)#5,785 (3)#3,294 (5)
2015#5,458 (24)#4,736 (4)#3,286 (5)
2014#6,713 (18)#4,684 (4)#1,786 (12)
2013#7,031 (17)#5,742 (3)—
2012#6,872 (18)#4,838 (4)—
2011#5,935 (22)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #4,114.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bintou is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 64,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 34,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bintou by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Bintou (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696

Bintou (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BintouCanadaGirls#2,2829
BintouEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
BintouNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BintouUSGirls#6,11619