Kwame
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Kwame
The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday).
Kwame is the name for boys born on a Saturday. (The name for girls born on a Saturday is Ama).
Kwame is also given to girls.
Pronounced KWAH-may.
As of October 2026, Kwame ranked #2962 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #583 in 1990.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,959 | 39 | 20.3 |
| 2015 | #3,193 | 36 | 18.8 |
| 2016 | #2,499 | 51 | 26.9 |
| 2017 | #2,826 | 43 | 23.2 |
| 2018 | #2,973 | 40 | 22 |
| 2019 | #2,646 | 49 | 27.3 |
| 2020 | #2,490 | 52 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | #2,678 | 48 | 27.4 |
| 2022 | #2,636 | 51 | 29.2 |
| 2023 | #3,198 | 38 | 22.2 |
| 2024 | #3,297 | 36 | 20.9 |
| 2025 | #2,962 | 42 | 24.6 |
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Kwame on lists
Famous Kwames
- Kwame NkrumahBoy
1st President of Ghana
- Kwame James BrownBoy
American basketball player
- Kwame AyewBoy
Ghanaian footballer
- Kwame WatsonBoy
Siriboe, American soccer player
- Kwame HarrisBoy
Jamaican NFL football player
- Kwame Anthony AppiahBoy
British novelist and philosopher
- Kwame HollandBoy
American rapper and producer
- Kwame KweiBoy
Armah (born Ian Roberts), British actor and playwright
- Kwame Touré (born Stokely Carmichael)Boy
Trinidadian,American civil rights leader
- Kwame AlexanderBoy
American children's author
Kwame in pop culture
- Kwame O'RiellyBoy
character on British TV series "Metrosexuality"
- KwameBoy
one of the Planeteers on animated series "Captain Planet"