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By Grace Royal · Aug 2026

Qua-meh

Kwame

OriginGhanaian, Akan
Meaning"born on Saturday"
GenderBoy
Also a girl's nameShow me Kwame as a girl's name

About Kwame

The name Kwame peaked for boys at #583 in 1990. The name is most popular in KWAME, KWAME, and KWAME. Kwame is occasionally used for girls in 1990.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#2,500#3,000'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#2,9593920.3
2015#3,1933618.8
2016#2,4995126.9
2017#2,8264323.2
2018#2,9734022
2019#2,6464927.3
2020#2,4905230.1
2021#2,6784827.4
2022#2,6365129.2
2023#3,1983822.2
2024#3,2973620.9
2025#2,9624224.6
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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Famous Kwames

  • Kwame Nkrumah

    1st President of Ghana

  • Kwame James Brown

    American basketball player

  • Kwame Ayew

    Ghanaian footballer

  • Kwame Watson

    Siriboe, American soccer player

  • Kwame Harris

    Jamaican NFL football player

  • Kwame Anthony Appiah

    British novelist and philosopher

  • Kwame Holland

    American rapper and producer

  • Kwame Kwei

    Armah (born Ian Roberts), British actor and playwright

  • Kwame Touré (born Stokely Carmichael)

    Trinidadian,American civil rights leader

  • Kwame Alexander

    American children's author

Kwame in pop culture

  • Kwame O'Rielly

    character on British TV series "Metrosexuality"

  • Kwame

    one of the Planeteers on animated series "Captain Planet"

Kwame in blog posts

African-American Naming History: The evolution of Black names

Kwame on more lists

Names that Peaked in 1990
African Names
African Names for Boys
5 Letter Boy Names
Names Ending in E for Boys

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