Kwame
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #9,247 · #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 299 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,955since 1960
Kwame over time
Rank among boys' names. Kwame has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,941 | 42 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,272 | 36 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,616 | 51 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,652 | 48 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,467 | 52 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,626 | 49 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,943 | 40 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,798 | 43 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,477 | 51 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,149 | 36 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,929 | 39 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,528 | 48 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,415 | 52 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,284 | 56 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,579 | 47 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,104 | 65 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,920 | 40 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,542 | 47 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,129 | 57 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,953 | 62 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,180 | 50 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,498 | 84 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,527 | 79 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,733 | 59 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,768 | 57 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,657 | 60 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,303 | 84 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,256 | 86 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,002 | 123 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,047 | 111 | |
| 1992 | — | #944 | 129 | |
| 1991 | — | #723 | 196 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #583 | 299 |
| 1989 | — | #657 | 231 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,768 | 39 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,829 | 35 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,617 | 40 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,644 | 38 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,365 | 48 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,275 | 52 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,150 | 63 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,176 | 60 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,154 | 61 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,144 | 58 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,067 | 61 |
| 1975 | — | #1,029 | 64 | |
| 1974 | — | #942 | 75 | |
| 1973 | — | #834 | 91 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #778 | 105 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #933 | 76 |
| 1970 | — | #1,253 | 44 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kwame! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Kwame is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#276 · 1 in 1,317
- South Carolina#300 · 1 in 1,938
- Connecticut#310 · 1 in 3,080
- Maryland#334 · 1 in 2,972
- North Carolina#355 · 1 in 3,070
Best ever in a state: #220 in South Carolina, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #276 | 6 | 1 in 1,317 |
| South Carolina | #300 | 12 | 1 in 1,938 |
| Connecticut | #310 | 7 | 1 in 3,080 |
| Maryland | #334 | 11 | 1 in 2,972 |
| North Carolina | #355 | 15 | 1 in 3,070 |
| Mississippi | #376 | 6 | 1 in 2,792 |
| New Jersey | #423 | 12 | 1 in 4,452 |
| Georgia | #431 | 14 | 1 in 3,475 |
| Alabama | #468 | 6 | 1 in 4,398 |
| New York | #475 | 29 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Virginia | #580 | 6 | 1 in 7,013 |
| Florida | #666 | 11 | 1 in 8,094 |
| Michigan | #668 | 7 | 1 in 9,813 |
| Illinois | #691 | 10 | 1 in 8,750 |
| Pennsylvania | #720 | 6 | 1 in 13,375 |
| Ohio | #822 | 5 | 1 in 15,927 |
| Texas | #1,450 | 5 | 1 in 30,653 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kwame
- 331 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #2,941)
- 474 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #2,941)
- 208 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #2,941)
- Biggest jump: 1,111 spots in 1989 (#1,768 → #657)
- Biggest drop: 221 spots in 1992 (#723 → #944)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 1990 at #583 (299 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1971–1974
- Highest: 1 in 6,870 boys born in 1990 were named Kwame (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 30.4% of all boys named Kwame (1,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109 | #1,642 (1969) | #2,749 |
| 1970s | 678 | #778 (1972) | #1,054 |
| 1980s | 658 | #657 (1989) | #1,375 |
| 1990s | 1,204 | #583 (1990) | #1,202 |
| 2000s | 578 | #1,498 (2002) | #2,172 |
| 2010s | 461 | #2,284 (2011) | #2,673 |
| 2020s | 267 | #2,467 (2020) | #2,854 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kwame in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 10,308 of them was named Kwame, which outranked 92.5% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.