Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kwabena

#5,877 most common boys' name of all time · #14,638 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#5,877
Rank overall
#14,638 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
716
Since 2016
138
Peak year
2004 #3,414
Best rank
#3,262 1990
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
198020002020

Kwabena first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 15 15 #5,954
2024 — 16 16 #5,734
2023 — 14 14 #6,307
2022 — 10 10 #7,904
2021 — 12 12 #6,802
2020 — 15 15 #5,780
2019 — 19 19 #5,013
2018 — 14 14 #6,131
2017 — 7 7 #9,945
2016 — 16 16 #5,644
2015 — 12 12 #6,785
2014 — 15 15 #5,827
2013 — 20 20 #4,691
2012 — 22 22 #4,440
2011 — 18 18 #5,066
2010 — 20 20 #4,737
2009 — 18 18 #5,179
2008 — 14 14 #6,159
2007 — 21 21 #4,551
2006 — 15 15 #5,602
2005 — 16 16 #5,132
2004 — 28 28 #3,414
2003 — 20 20 #4,187
2002 — 20 20 #4,109
2001 — 16 16 #4,758
2000 — 14 14 #5,140
1999 — 14 14 #4,882
1998 — 15 15 #4,507
1997 — 20 20 #3,537
1996 — 11 11 #5,342
1995 — 11 11 #5,286
1994 — 11 11 #5,259
1993 — 10 10 #5,560
1992 — 7 7 #6,953
1991 — 10 10 #5,295
1990 — 19 19 #3,262
1989 — 12 12 #4,415
1988 — 5 5 #7,755
1987 — 12 12 #3,875
1986 — 5 5 #7,237
1984 — 7 7 #5,323
1983 — 12 12 #3,569
1982 — 5 5 #6,876
1981 — 6 6 #5,919
1980 — 12 12 #3,575
1979 — 10 10 #3,998
1978 — 12 12 #3,365
1977 — 12 12 #3,353
1976 — 6 6 #5,367
1975 — 10 10 #3,624
1974 — 10 10 #3,532
1973 — 8 8 #4,000
1972 — 7 7 #4,363
1971 — 5 5 #5,518
1970 — 5 5 #5,370