Recorded 1960–2025 · United States
Kwame was most popular in 1990, when 307 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,244 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,305, with 42 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,993 people named Kwame.
Kwame first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1960, which makes it about 65 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 66 of the 66 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,993 American births named Kwame between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,813 are estimated to be alive today.
42 American babies were named Kwame in 2025, ranking #6,305 that year.
Kwame is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 43 births a year, against 46 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -7% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kwame is a boy’s name — 0.9% of the 3,993 Americans given it were girls and 99.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,813 Americans named Kwame are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 34 years old, and half are between 21 and 42.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org