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Kwame

Boy

Meaning of Kwame: Akan: 'born on Saturday'

Kwame is a boy's name most strongly associated with Akan naming. It has 5 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2882nd most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 2088th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2882

42 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2088

11 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

3,993

First recorded 1960 · peak 1990

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 52 babies1982: 63 babies1983: 52 babies1984: 48 babies1985: 38 babies1986: 40 babies1987: 35 babies1988: 39 babies1989: 231 babies1990: 307 babies19901991: 196 babies1992: 129 babies1993: 111 babies1994: 123 babies1995: 86 babies1996: 84 babies1997: 60 babies1998: 57 babies1999: 59 babies2000: 54 babies20002001: 79 babies2002: 84 babies2003: 50 babies2004: 62 babies2005: 57 babies2006: 47 babies2007: 40 babies2008: 65 babies2009: 40 babies2010: 47 babies20102011: 56 babies2012: 52 babies2013: 48 babies2014: 39 babies2015: 36 babies2016: 51 babies2017: 43 babies2018: 40 babies2019: 49 babies2020: 52 babies20202021: 48 babies2022: 51 babies2023: 38 babies2024: 36 babies2025: 42 babies
US babies named Kwame per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 307.

Gender split

99% boys · 1% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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