Kwame
#2,048 most common boys' name of all time · #4,904 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1960–2025
Rank among boys
#2,048
Rank overall
#4,904 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
3,993
Since 2016
450
Peak year
1990 #583
Best rank
#583 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 307/yr
Kwame first appears in 1960. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,958 |
| 2024 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,299 |
| 2023 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,199 |
| 2022 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,630 |
| 2021 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,669 |
| 2020 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,488 |
| 2019 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,636 |
| 2018 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,954 |
| 2017 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,811 |
| 2016 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,487 |
| 2015 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,176 |
| 2014 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,951 |
| 2013 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,536 |
| 2012 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2011 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,301 |
| 2010 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,592 |
| 2009 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,966 |
| 2008 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,114 |
| 2007 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,940 |
| 2006 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,553 |
| 2005 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,146 |
| 2004 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,964 |
| 2003 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,192 |
| 2002 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,501 |
| 2001 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,535 |
| 2000 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,933 |
| 1999 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,742 |
| 1998 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,779 |
| 1997 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,310 |
| 1995 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,264 |
| 1994 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,004 |
| 1993 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,053 |
| 1992 | — | 129 | 129 | #949 |
| 1991 | — | 196 | 196 | #724 |
| 1990 | 8 | 299 | 307 | #583 |
| 1989 | — | 231 | 231 | #659 |
| 1988 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,786 |
| 1987 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,852 |
| 1986 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,643 |
| 1985 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,656 |
| 1984 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,381 |
| 1983 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,292 |
| 1982 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,160 |
| 1981 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,286 |
| 1980 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,186 |
| 1979 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,168 |
| 1978 | 5 | 43 | 48 | #1,435 |
| 1977 | 5 | 58 | 63 | #1,154 |
| 1976 | 5 | 61 | 66 | #1,079 |
| 1975 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,039 |
| 1974 | — | 75 | 75 | #947 |
| 1973 | — | 91 | 91 | #838 |
| 1972 | 6 | 105 | 111 | #782 |
| 1971 | 9 | 76 | 85 | #940 |
| 1970 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,259 |
| 1969 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,678 |
| 1968 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,719 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,203 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,619 |
| 1965 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,043 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,039 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,999 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,703 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,025 |