Kwasi
Masculine · “Akan”
The Akan day-name system covers a whole population with fourteen names. Seven for boys, seven for girls, assigned by the day of birth, which means roughly one Ghanaian man in seven is a Kwasi, a Kwame or a Kofi.
How old is the name Kwasi?
Kwasi first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Kwasi alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 700 people named Kwasi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kwasi most popular?
Kwasi peaked in 1977, reaching #1515 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 9,180 places below that high. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Kwasi
Because a day-name is automatic, it cannot distinguish people, and the system therefore requires a second name to do the identifying work: a family name, a circumstance name, or a name recalling an ancestor. That is a structural consequence worth noticing. It also means the day-names function socially rather like a greeting: they are shared, they place a person in a cycle rather than singling them out, and every Akan speaker knows immediately what day a stranger was born on. Kwame Nkrumah, born on a Saturday, made one of them internationally famous, and Kofi Annan, born on a Friday, another. The American adoption of Akan names in the 1970s took them as personal names in the Western sense, which is a different thing from what they are at home.
Meaning
Akan, born on a Sunday
Kwasi is the Akan name for a boy born on Sunday; the female equivalent is Akosua. The system assigns a name by day of birth as a matter of course, so it states a fact rather than expressing a choice. The American peak is 1977.
Pronouncing Kwasi
KWAH-see
Two syllables, stress on the first. The kw is a single sound in Akan, not a k followed by a w.
Nicknames for Kwasi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 197737 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1515reached in 1977
- Change vs 2024
- −14.3%6 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kwasi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kwasi in Akan — same name
- Kwesi in Akan — spelling variant
Kwasis among us
people named Kwasi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Kwasi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Thayne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kwasi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Thayne climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Thayne's path sketches the road Kwasi is walking now.
Kwasi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Kwasi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kwasi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is exact and belongs to a living system.
- Two syllables and five letters.
- It is an ordinary everyday name in Ghana.
- It states a day of birth, which may or may not match.
- Kwesi is the equally standard alternative spelling.
- The 1977 peak dates its American use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kwasis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Kwasi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kwasi in 2025?
- Kwasi ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kwasi?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Kwasi — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kwasi with classmates?
- Kwasi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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