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.

Kwesi

#5,417 most common boys' name of all time · #13,468 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#5,417
Rank overall
#13,468 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
818
Since 2016
88
Peak year
1977 #1,742
Best rank
#1,695 1973
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
198020002020

Kwesi first appears in 1971. 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 — 7 7 #9,926
2024 — 11 11 #7,373
2023 — 7 7 #9,974
2022 — 7 7 #10,041
2021 — 13 13 #6,439
2020 — 8 8 #8,928
2019 — 9 9 #8,385
2018 — 12 12 #6,819
2017 — 7 7 #9,954
2016 — 7 7 #9,913
2015 — 10 10 #7,653
2014 — 8 8 #8,999
2012 — 9 9 #8,353
2011 — 9 9 #8,249
2010 — 9 9 #8,317
2009 — 16 16 #5,629
2008 — 16 16 #5,575
2007 — 12 12 #6,768
2006 — 9 9 #8,197
2005 — 18 18 #4,706
2004 — 14 14 #5,625
2003 — 26 26 #3,477
2002 — 16 16 #4,778
2001 — 15 15 #5,001
2000 — 30 30 #2,958
1999 — 15 15 #4,621
1998 — 13 13 #4,992
1997 — 27 27 #2,877
1996 — 13 13 #4,727
1995 — 15 15 #4,164
1994 — 28 28 #2,665
1993 — 31 31 #2,437
1992 — 20 20 #3,285
1991 — 16 16 #3,736
1990 — 21 21 #3,027
1989 — 16 16 #3,569
1988 — 8 8 #5,515
1987 — 5 5 #7,485
1986 — 10 10 #4,340
1985 — 9 9 #4,562
1984 — 12 12 #3,630
1983 — 15 15 #3,031
1982 — 11 11 #3,903
1981 — 12 12 #3,555
1980 — 20 20 #2,526
1979 — 11 11 #3,758
1978 — 22 22 #2,198
1977 — 31 31 #1,742
1976 — 18 18 #2,500
1975 — 22 22 #2,132
1974 — 26 26 #1,830
1973 — 28 28 #1,695
1972 — 25 25 #1,817
1971 — 13 13 #2,812