Kwabena

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kwabena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kwabena: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #976, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#976highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1761
1998	#1263
1999	#1664
2000	#2142
2001	#1949
2002	#1190
2003	#1629
2004	#3009
2005	#1456
2006	#1744
2007	#1885
2008	#1828
2009	#2544
2010	#2629
2011	#2613
2012	#2721
2013	#2954
2014	#2690
2015	#2707
2016	#4023
2017	#3996
2018	#2693
2019	#2728
2020	#2682
2022	#2165
2023	#2007
2024	#1675

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #976 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kwabena by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kwabena in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	88	10 of 10	9
2010s	63	10 of 10	6
2020s	43	4 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kwabena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #976 in England and Wales in 1996.

Kwabena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #976, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,675position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Billy-Joe · #976, 29y
Grady · #976, 24y
Jobe · #976, 28y
Saim · #976, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Billy-Joe · #976, 29y
Grady · #976, 24y
Ho · #976, 16y
Jobe · #976, 28y

Kwabena was ranked #976 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kwabena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kwabena without appearing here.

Kwabena moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4107.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4023 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #4749.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2682 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Kwabena

Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #906.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1160.
Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2629 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2613 and #1342.
Fionn Compare
In 1996 they stood at #976 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1761 and #600.

Moved the opposite way to Kwabena

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwabena went from #976 to #1675 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwabena went from #976 to #1675 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwabena went from #976 to #1675 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwabena went from #976 to #1675 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kwabena

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwabena went from #976 to #1675 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwabena went from #976 to #1675 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwabena went from #976 to #1675 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwabena went from #976 to #1675 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #976 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kwabena

Kwabena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kwabena by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kwabena appears in

Popularity data

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Kwabena at a glance

Kwabena by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kwabena

Kwabena and the names beside it

Kwabena moved ahead of

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