Kwame — #3286 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kwame

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,913 babies named Kwame between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kwame currently holds the #3286 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 299 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kwame performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kwame shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 657 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kwame in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kwame in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,913 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.