Kwame

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kwame: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #733 in 2006, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#733highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#755
1997	#1578
1998	#1055
1999	#2097
2000	#1096
2001	#1379
2002	#1033
2003	#1248
2004	#1410
2005	#1456
2006	#733
2007	#1014
2008	#2276
2009	#1265
2010	#2036
2011	#1600
2012	#1507
2013	#1796
2014	#1935
2015	#2319
2016	#1804
2017	#3449
2018	#3412
2019	#2104
2020	#1825
2021	#3990
2022	#3449
2023	#3523
2024	#2088

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 every year 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 #755 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: #733 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kwame 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 Kwame in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	45	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	163	10 of 10	16
2010s	105	10 of 10	11
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Kwame 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: #733 in England and Wales in 2006.

Kwame'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#733	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #733, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
35births registered in its largest year, 200625 to 49 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.

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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.

Chace · #734, 24y
Zahrah · #732, 29y
Anam · #735, 29y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alaa · #734, 29y
Chace · #734, 24y
Kaydee · #734, 27y
Zahrah · #732, 29y

Kwame was ranked #733 in England and Wales · Boys in 2006. 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.

Kwame 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 Kwame without appearing here.

Kwame moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Kwame

Andrea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #1860.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Ronny Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1014 and #1201 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #789.

Moved the opposite way to Kwame

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwame went from #755 to #2088 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwame went from #755 to #2088 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwame went from #755 to #2088 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwame went from #755 to #2088 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kwame

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwame went from #755 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwame went from #755 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwame went from #755 to #2088 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwame went from #755 to #2088 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #733 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kwame

Kwame at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kwame by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kwame appears in

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Kwame at a glance

Kwame 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 Kwame

Kwame and the names beside it

Kwame moved ahead of

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