Kwame: meaning and UK use

What does Kwame mean?

Kwame is an Akan day name connected with Saturday. Komi is a related Ewe form rather than a spelling to assume is interchangeable in every context.

Language or name family covered

Akan

Meaning or derivation

Born on Saturday

Our browsing group

boy; international, classic

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Sources for this entry — reviewed 2026-10-07:

• Behind the Name — Kwame

Pronunciation and related forms

We have not verified a pronunciation for this entry. Ask a speaker of the intended language rather than relying on an English spelling alone.

Related forms recorded in the reference: Komi. These may be full forms, diminutives or forms in another language; they are not necessarily pronounced alike or counted together in statistics.

How popular is Kwame?

In 2025, 11 baby boys in England and Wales were registered as Kwame, making it the 2133rd most popular boys’ name. That is down 44 places on 2024, when it ranked 2089th. It has held a similar position for a decade (2319th in 2015). Its best year in the ONS series was 2006, at 733rd. These figures cover England and Wales, not the whole UK.

2025 rank (boys)

2133rd

2025 registrations

11

Best rank in this series

733rd (2006)

Every year from 1996 to 2025

Kwame: rank and number of baby boys by year (ONS)

Year	Rank	Babies
2025	2133	11
2024	2089	11
2023	3524	5
2022	3450	5
2021	3990	4
2020	1825	12
2019	2104	10
2018	3412	5
2017	3449	5
2016	1804	13
2015	2319	9
2014	1935	11
2013	1796	12
2012	1507	16
2011	1600	14
2010	2036	10
2009	1265	19
2008	2276	8
2007	1014	24
2006	733	35
2005	1456	13
2004	1410	12
2003	1248	13
2002	1033	16
2001	1379	10
2000	1096	13
1999	2097	5
1998	1055	13
1997	1578	7
1996	755	20

The sum of published counts in this 1996–2025 boys series is 361. This is a lower bound where years are suppressed, not the number of living people with the name. A best rank is the best position within this series; it does not establish an all-time record.

Sources: ONS release, 2025; girls' dataset; boys' dataset. Our 20 top-ten positions were checked against Table 1 in the 2025 workbooks. The history chart and spelling comparisons come from the separate ONS 1996–2025 workbook, checked 7 October 2026. Spelling variants are separate entries. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate statistics.

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Names to compare with Kwame

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• Kofiinternational, classic · Born on Friday
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