Kwesi
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 818since 1971
Kwesi over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kwesi has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #3,443 | 26 |
| 2002 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #2,399 | 31 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #1,707 | 31 |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #1,790 | 26 |
| 1973 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 25 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Kwesi! It came in at #2,686, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2013, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kwesi is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kwesi in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kwesi
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 975 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1973 at #1,653 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 53,007
- Highest: 1 in 53,007 boys born in 1977 were named Kwesi (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,653 in 1973, was only 1 in 55,663 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 24.3% of all boys named Kwesi (199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 196 | #1,653 (1973) | #2,199 |
| 1980s | 118 | #2,444 (1980) | #3,998 |
| 1990s | 199 | #2,399 (1993) | #3,572 |
| 2000s | 172 | #2,922 (2000) | #5,174 |
| 2010s | 80 | #6,703 (2018) | #8,325 |
| 2020s | 53 | #6,335 (2021) | #8,605 |
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.
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