Boys' name · since 1991
Akwasi
41 babies named Akwasi in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,472 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,130 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akwasi currently ranks #11130 among boys' names in America, with 41 babies recorded since 1991.
Akwasi has 41 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11130 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #23,472 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,130 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 41 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akwasi ranks #23,472 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,130 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 41 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,472 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,130 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akwasi's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Akwasi compares
41 15th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Akwasi's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akwasi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 41 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Akwasi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akwasi splits its recorded history at 2008: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akwasi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Akwasi by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Akwasi's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Akwasi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Akwasi's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Akwasi
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Akwasi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Akwasi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.