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.

Kwasi

#5,925 most common boys' name of all time · #14,740 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#5,925
Rank overall
#14,740 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
709
Since 2016
85
Peak year
1977 #1,542
Best rank
#1,542 1977
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
198020002020

Kwasi 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 — 6 6 #10,946
2024 — 7 7 #10,127
2023 — 12 12 #7,009
2022 — 5 5 #12,689
2021 — 14 14 #6,134
2020 — 7 7 #9,792
2019 — 8 8 #9,107
2018 — 12 12 #6,817
2017 — 5 5 #12,624
2016 — 9 9 #8,315
2015 — 10 10 #7,651
2014 — 7 7 #9,887
2013 — 13 13 #6,346
2012 — 6 6 #11,094
2011 — 7 7 #9,878
2010 — 9 9 #8,309
2009 — 15 15 #5,886
2008 — 12 12 #6,895
2007 — 11 11 #7,249
2006 — 18 18 #4,945
2005 — 13 13 #6,007
2004 — 19 19 #4,494
2003 — 7 7 #8,888
2002 — 12 12 #5,855
2001 — 13 13 #5,489
2000 — 10 10 #6,486
1999 — 8 8 #7,367
1998 — 14 14 #4,733
1997 — 18 18 #3,801
1996 — 21 21 #3,345
1995 — 16 16 #3,949
1994 — 20 20 #3,405
1993 — 19 19 #3,440
1992 — 19 19 #3,409
1991 — 14 14 #4,124
1990 — 16 16 #3,707
1989 — 9 9 #5,384
1988 — 9 9 #4,994
1987 — 9 9 #4,792
1986 — 17 17 #2,971
1985 — 7 7 #5,507
1984 — 14 14 #3,229
1983 — 12 12 #3,563
1982 — 15 15 #3,067
1981 — 17 17 #2,758
1980 — 13 13 #3,377
1979 — 20 20 #2,445
1978 — 18 18 #2,553
1977 — 37 37 #1,542
1976 — 11 11 #3,430
1975 — 14 14 #2,876
1974 — 19 19 #2,274
1973 — 14 14 #2,708
1972 — 6 6 #4,880
1971 — 8 8 #3,927
1970 — 8 8 #3,830