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How popular is the name Kwaku?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kwakus are alive today.
Kwaku (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 1998, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1110th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2012, with 12 babies given the name that year.
The Kwaku you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old - or else around 27: the name has two living generations. Half of all Kwakus born in England and Wales are between 10 and 27, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kwaku - on average, only one in every 1,318 such rooms contains a Kwaku.
How many babies are named Kwaku each year?
Where does Kwaku rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kwaku most popular?
Kwaku peaked in 1998, when 12 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kwaku?
At least 230 people named Kwaku born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kwaku?
Most living Kwakus are between 10 and 27; the most common age is about 13. There is a second cluster around 27.
Is Kwaku becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.