Obrempong
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-brem-PONG
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
Obrempong is a boys' name of Akan origin, meaning “chief, great man”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies).
What does Obrempong mean?
Akan
“chief, great man”
An Akan word for a chief or man of high standing, used in Ghana as both a title and a name.
Is Obrempong a girl's or a boy's name?
Obrempong is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Obrempong in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Obrempong, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Obrempong in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Obrempong in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
Names like Obrempong
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Rowan, Orhan, Cassian, Rian, Kairo, Brody, Finn, Rory, Ruairi, Cillian, Omar
More Akan names
Nana, Mansa, Ashanti, Kofi, Kwame, Ohemaa, Akosua, 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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Obrempong: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/obrempong, updated 20 October 2026.