Kwaku
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWAH-koo
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Kwaku is a boys' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Wednesday”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Kwaku mean?
Akan: Akan day name
“born on Wednesday”
The trickster spider of Akan folk tales, Kwaku Ananse, bears this Wednesday day name.
Is Kwaku a girl's or a boy's name?
Kwaku is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kwaku in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Kwaku, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kwaku in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Kwaku in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Kwaku in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Kwaku, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Kwaku in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kwaku in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Kwaku
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenechukwu Kamsiyochukwu Kwame Tobechukwu Somtochukwu Ifechukwu Naetochukwu Obi Oluwatobi Ifeoluwa Chidubem Boluwatife
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Ashanti Kofi Ohemaa Akosua Obrempong Ama Kwabena Akua 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, “Kwaku: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kwaku, updated 20 October 2026.