Kwame
Kwame was the 2962nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 583rd with 299 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 232 places. More babies were named Kwame in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,962 boys, down 471 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990299 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,993babies recorded
Kwame popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 38 since 1971.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,962 | 42 |
| 2020 | #2,491 | 52 |
| 2010 | #2,611 | 47 |
| 2000 | #1,936 | 54 |
| 1990 | #583 | 299 |
| 1980 | #1,183 | 60 |
| 1970 | #1,257 | 44 |
| 1960 | #3,870 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kwame, counting every spelling?
Kwame has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kwame?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kwame (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kwame born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kwame.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kwame?
About 3,800 people born in the US named Kwame are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 21 and 42. That makes Kwame mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kwame by state
How common Kwame was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Kwame
How popular is the name Kwame?
Kwame was the 2962nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 583rd with 299 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 232 places. More babies were named Kwame in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Kwame a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kwame in the US.
Where is Kwame most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kwame was most common in Georgia (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and California.