Kwadwo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWAH-joh
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Kwadwo is a boys' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Monday”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Kwadwo mean?
Akan: Akan day name
“born on Monday”
One of the Akan day names of Ghana, given to a boy born on Monday.
Is Kwadwo a girl's or a boy's name?
Kwadwo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kwadwo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Kwadwo, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kwadwo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Kwadwo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Kwadwo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Kwadwo, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Kwadwo in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kwadwo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Kwadwo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kwame Kamsiyochukwu Obi Kenechukwu Tobechukwu Munachimso Achim Boluwatife Ifeoluwa Oluwatobi Oluwademilade Chidubem
Names related to Kwadwo
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Ashanti Kofi Ohemaa Akosua Obrempong Ama Kwabena Akua Kwaku Nhyira Abena 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, “Kwadwo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kwadwo, updated 20 October 2026.