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.

Kwaku

#7,322 most common boys' name of all time · #18,422 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#7,322
Rank overall
#18,422 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
495
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1995 #3,627
Best rank
#3,627 1995
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
198020002020

Kwaku 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 — 12 12 #6,901
2024 — 8 8 #9,194
2023 — 10 10 #7,878
2022 — 8 8 #9,184
2021 — 12 12 #6,803
2020 — 11 11 #7,154
2019 — 10 10 #7,792
2018 — 8 8 #8,995
2016 — 12 12 #6,832
2015 — 6 6 #10,938
2014 — 11 11 #7,209
2013 — 13 13 #6,347
2012 — 9 9 #8,352
2011 — 10 10 #7,660
2010 — 8 8 #9,040
2009 — 15 15 #5,891
2008 — 12 12 #6,900
2007 — 13 13 #6,380
2006 — 10 10 #7,598
2005 — 12 12 #6,353
2004 — 12 12 #6,271
2003 — 12 12 #6,007
2002 — 18 18 #4,392
2001 — 14 14 #5,234
2000 — 14 14 #5,141
1999 — 14 14 #4,883
1998 — 10 10 #6,004
1997 — 10 10 #5,814
1996 — 12 12 #5,010
1995 — 18 18 #3,627
1994 — 8 8 #6,625
1993 — 13 13 #4,563
1992 — 9 9 #5,859
1991 — 9 9 #5,715
1990 — 8 8 #6,103
1989 — 10 10 #4,988
1988 — 6 6 #6,823
1987 — 6 6 #6,501
1986 — 11 11 #4,042
1984 — 7 7 #5,324
1982 — 5 5 #6,877
1981 — 9 9 #4,395
1980 — 8 8 #4,785
1976 — 9 9 #3,945
1974 — 7 7 #4,538
1973 — 7 7 #4,421
1972 — 5 5 #5,549
1971 — 9 9 #3,638
1970 — 5 5 #5,371