Kwesi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWEH-see
- Origin
- Akan
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kwesi is a boys' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Sunday”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kwesi mean?
Akan: Fante form of the day name Kwasi
“born on Sunday”
An Akan day name for a boy born on Sunday; Kwesi is the Fante spelling and Kwasi the Asante one.
Is Kwesi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kwesi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kwesi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kwesi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kwesi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Kwesi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Kwesi, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Kwesi in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kwesi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
Names like Kwesi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kwame Obi Oluwatobi Oluwadarasimi Kenechukwu Oluwafikayomi Kamsiyochukwu Tobechukwu Ifeoluwa Oluwatobiloba Chidubem Boluwatife
Names related to Kwesi
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Ashanti Kofi Ohemaa Akosua Obrempong Ama Kwabena Akua Kwaku Nhyira Abena Kwadwo Adom Yaa
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, “Kwesi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kwesi, updated 20 October 2026.