Kwabena
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kwah-BEH-nah
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Kwabena is a boys' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Tuesday”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Kwabena mean?
Akan: Akan day name
“born on Tuesday”
An Akan day name for a boy born on Tuesday, just as Kofi is for Friday.
Is Kwabena a girl's or a boy's name?
Kwabena is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kwabena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Kwabena, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kwabena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Kwabena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Kwabena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Kwabena, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Kwabena in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kwabena in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Kwabena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ifeoluwa, Enioluwa, Chukwuebuka, Kwame, Oluwatobiloba, Araoluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Obaloluwa, Kenechukwu, Chidubem, Kamsiyochukwu
More Akan names
Nana, Mansa, Ashanti, Kofi, Ohemaa, Akosua, Obrempong, Ama, Akua, Kwaku, Nhyira, Abena, Kwadwo, Adom, Yaa, Maame
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kwabena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kwabena, updated 20 October 2026.