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 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#250 · 1 in 1,828
- Mississippi#273 · 1 in 1,716
- New Jersey#287 · 1 in 2,490
- Georgia#325 · 1 in 2,508
- Maryland#361 · 1 in 3,318
Best ever in a state: #220 in South Carolina, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #250 | 26 | 1 in 1,828 |
| Mississippi | #273 | 10 | 1 in 1,716 |
| New Jersey | #287 | 22 | 1 in 2,490 |
| Georgia | #325 | 20 | 1 in 2,508 |
| Maryland | #361 | 10 | 1 in 3,318 |
| South Carolina | #365 | 8 | 1 in 3,034 |
| Virginia | #371 | 13 | 1 in 3,335 |
| New York | #380 | 42 | 1 in 3,306 |
| District of Columbia | #386 | 5 | 1 in 1,857 |
| Pennsylvania | #423 | 15 | 1 in 5,485 |
| Indiana | #428 | 8 | 1 in 5,065 |
| Michigan | #448 | 14 | 1 in 5,072 |
| Louisiana | #462 | 9 | 1 in 3,472 |
| Florida | #500 | 18 | 1 in 5,095 |
| Illinois | #616 | 12 | 1 in 7,435 |
| Ohio | #652 | 7 | 1 in 11,401 |
| California | #952 | 17 | 1 in 17,075 |
| Texas | #1,257 | 6 | 1 in 25,540 |
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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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 237,318 of them was named Kwame, which outranked 39.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,501Zehra9
- #8,501Zuly9
- #8,501Zury9
- #9,247Kwame8
- #9,247Abelina8
- #9,247Abir8
- #9,247Adaeze8
- #10,193Abaigeal7
- #10,193Abel7
- #10,193Abeni7
Tied with 945 names at #9,247; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 6,870 of them was named Kwame, which outranked 93.9% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.