Kwesi — #7860 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kwesi

The Social Security Administration has registered 810 babies named Kwesi between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kwesi currently holds the #7860 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kwesi performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kwesi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 104 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kwesi in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kwesi 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 810 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.