Kwame
Kwame is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 36 births. Its best rank was 583rd, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 360.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1990299 births
- Best rank
- #583in 1990
- Since 1960
- 3,913people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,913 boys have been named Kwame in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 299 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1990s alone account for 31%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
Kwame was the 583rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Kwame
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jamalpeak 1993
- Parishpeak 1991
- Kelbypeak 1991
- Stefanpeak 1991
- Edgardopeak 1992
- Demetriuspeak 1991
- Shaynepeak 1990
- Demetriouspeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.