Kwame is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Kwame is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,962 for boy births in the United States (and #6,361 across all names), given to 42 babies. Kwame first appears in 1960 and peaked in 1990 (299 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,962 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,309 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,202 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,637 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,678 |
| 2020 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,491 |
| 2019 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,646 |
| 2018 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,976 |
| 2017 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,827 |
| 2016 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,499 |
| 2015 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,194 |
| 2014 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,960 |
| 2013 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,552 |
| 2012 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,433 |
| 2011 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,302 |
| 2010 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,611 |
| 2009 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,973 |
| 2008 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,110 |
| 2007 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,956 |
| 2006 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,562 |
| 2005 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,153 |
| 2004 | 62 | 62 | — | #1,966 |
| 2003 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,191 |
| 2002 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,503 |
| 2001 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,535 |
| 2000 | 54 | 54 | — | #1,936 |
| 1999 | 59 | 59 | — | #1,741 |
| 1998 | 57 | 57 | — | #1,782 |
| 1997 | 60 | — | — | #1,666 |
| 1996 | 84 | — | — | #1,308 |
| 1995 | 86 | — | — | #1,262 |
| 1994 | 123 | — | — | #1,003 |
| 1993 | 111 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1992 | 129 | — | — | #948 |
| 1991 | 196 | — | — | #724 |
| 1990 | 307 | — | #9,733 | #583 |
| 1989 | 231 | — | — | #658 |
| 1988 | 39 | — | — | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 35 | — | — | #1,851 |
| 1986 | 40 | — | — | #1,630 |
| 1985 | 38 | — | — | #1,658 |
| 1984 | 48 | — | — | #1,375 |
| 1983 | 52 | — | — | #1,286 |
| 1982 | 63 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1981 | 52 | — | — | #1,284 |
| 1980 | 60 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1979 | 61 | — | — | #1,163 |
| 1978 | 48 | — | #10,561 | #1,422 |
| 1977 | 63 | — | #10,419 | #1,152 |
| 1976 | 66 | — | #10,047 | #1,078 |
| 1975 | 64 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1974 | 75 | — | — | #944 |
| 1973 | 91 | — | — | #837 |
| 1972 | 111 | — | #7,736 | #781 |
| 1971 | 85 | — | #5,768 | #937 |
| 1970 | 44 | — | — | #1,257 |
| 1969 | 25 | — | — | #1,662 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | — | #2,671 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | — | #3,124 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | — | #2,552 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | — | #2,322 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | — | #2,971 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | — | #2,965 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | — | #3,845 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | — | #2,630 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,870 |