How Many People Are Named Kwame?
people named Kwame are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 89,683 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,993 babies named Kwame in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
307 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "born on Saturday" in Akan.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kwame, 1% were girls and 99.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kwame alive today is about 31 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 20 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kwame first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 1990, to 307 babies. In 2025, 42 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kwame has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #582, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #2,961.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,961 |
| Best rank | #582 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,012 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kwame alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kwame were born in New York than in any other state: about 620 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kwame was given 4.9 times as often in New York, 2.7 times in Maryland and 2.6 times in Georgia.
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