Kwame

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Kwame is an Akan masculine given name among the Akan people in Ghana which is given to a boy born on Saturday. Traditionally in Ghana, a child would receive their Akan day name during their Outdooring, eight days after birth.

From Wikipedia

Kwame first appears in the data in 1960 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1990 with 299 babies (rank #583 that year). In 2024 it was given to 36 boys (rank #3,297). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Kwame

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kwame yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3,951
Total babies (all years)
65
Years in the data
299
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19606#3,870
196111#2,632
19626#3,845
19639#2,965
19649#2,969
196513#2,323
196611#2,553
19678#3,123
196811#2,672
196925#1,662
197044#1,257
197176#937
1972105#781
197391#836
197475#944
197564#1,037
197661#1,078
197758#1,152
197843#1,421
197961#1,163
198060#1,183
198152#1,284
198263#1,158
198352#1,286
198448#1,375
198538#1,658
198640#1,630
198735#1,850
198839#1,785
1989231#658
1990299#583
1991196#723
1992129#948
1993111#1,054
1994123#1,003
199586#1,262
199684#1,308
199760#1,666
199857#1,782
199959#1,741
200054#1,936
200179#1,535
200284#1,503
200350#2,191
200462#1,966
200557#2,153
200647#2,561
200740#2,956
200865#2,110
200940#2,972
201047#2,611
201156#2,302
201252#2,433
201348#2,552
201439#2,959
201536#3,193
201651#2,499
201743#2,826
201840#2,973
201949#2,646
202052#2,490
202148#2,678
202251#2,636
202338#3,198
202436#3,297