Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Akwasi isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akwasi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,736 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,736 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 419 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Akwasi’s family of names
In Akan usage, Akwasi has a related form in Kwasi.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Akwasi
- Akwasi Afrifasoldier, politician, and former head of state of Ghana (1936-1979)
- Akwasi KonaduGhanaian politicianborn 1982
- Akwasi FrimpongGhanaian sportsmanborn 1986
- Akwasi BoatengGhanaian politicianborn 1967
- Akwasi YeboahBritish basketball playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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