# Kwasi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kwasi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Akan |
| Meaning | “sunday” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Akwasi, Akwesi, Kwesi |
| US babies named this | 709 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 709 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 67, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Akan Kwasi, from Kwasiada (“Sunday”), from the day of the week, Sunday.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 10,295 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,633 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,470 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,264 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,809 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,538 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,409 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,956 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,378 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,155 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,202 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,484 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,123 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,480 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,433 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,949 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 9 | 1,732 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Kwasi

- Kwasi Kwarteng, British politician (born 1975)
- Dan Agyei, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.