Kwesi

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kwesi: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,821, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1821highest recorded position
5groupings 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	#2863
1997	#2022
1998	#1821
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2002	#2005
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2005	#3849
2006	#2282
2007	#3589
2009	#3227
2010	#4678
2011	#3300
2012	#3987
2015	#4747
2018	#4749
2024	#5119

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 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 #2863 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: #1821 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kwesi 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 Kwesi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	41	9 of 10	5
2010s	18	5 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Kwesi 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: #1821 in England and Wales in 1998.

Kwesi'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	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 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,821, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 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

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Francois · #1821, 23y
Harkirat · #1821, 23y
Harmeet · #1821, 17y
Ignacio · #1821, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Francois · #1821, 23y
Gurinder · #1821, 10y
Harkirat · #1821, 23y
Harmeet · #1821, 17y

Kwesi 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 Kwesi without appearing here.

Kwesi moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3009 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #2870.

Moved ahead of Kwesi

Isak Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.
Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1756.
Madison Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2005 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1629.
Arne Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2142 and #2501 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #2587.

Moved the opposite way to Kwesi

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwesi went from #2863 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwesi went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwesi went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwesi went from #2863 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kwesi

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwesi went from #2863 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwesi went from #2863 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwesi went from #2863 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kwesi went from #2863 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1821 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kwesi

Kwesi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kwesi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kwesi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Kwesi at a glance

Kwesi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kwesi appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kwesi and the names beside it

Kwesi moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kwesi

Moved the opposite way to Kwesi

Moved the same way as Kwesi