Kwabena

#6,015 in 2025Boys' name

Born on Tuesday

Kwabena has been given to 716 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #6,015 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 28 recorded.

Babies named Kwabena, 2025

1 in 221,000

Kwabena over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kwabena: meaning, origin, and history

Born on Tuesday

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kwabena means

Kwabena means “born on Tuesday”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 716 boys were recorded with the name Kwabena between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2004; its best national rank was #3,245 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,857 in 2020 to #6,015 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,899 in 2015 to #6,015 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kwabena?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 221,000; 15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 114,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,015; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 153,194 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kwabena sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kwabena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kwabenas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kwabena was born before 2003 — so the typical Kwabena is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 25.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 57.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 716; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 25.4% of all recorded uses (182).

Is Kwabena rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −225; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −158; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +884; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.25×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 53.6%; Peak was 2004 (28)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,245; 1990

Where Kwabena is used

Across 1910–2025, Kwabena was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 297,812 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Jersey1 in —
2New York1 in —
3Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kwabena has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kwabena around the world

Where Kwabena ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#2,440
in 2025
Canada
1993–2019
#2,943
in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kwabena by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,015
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 158
Best rank ever: #3,245; 1990
Peak year: 2004; 28 that year
First recorded: 1970
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 716
Count in 2025: 15

Names similar to Kwabena

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kwabena

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jazmyne Taniya Abigale Yahaira Jasmyn Elyssa Lisbeth Jamya

For a brother

Zakary Donavon Shamar Nathen Demarco Jaren Jamarcus Gavyn

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