Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kwadwo 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 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kwadwo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 284
- 284 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,630 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +71%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,630 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 773 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.
People named Kwadwo
- Kwadwo AsamoahGhanaian footballer (born 1988)
- Kwadwo DuahSwiss association football player of Ghanaian descentborn 1997
- Kwadwo BaahEnglish association football playerborn 2003
- Kwadwo NkansahGhanaian singer, actor, and comedianborn 1987
- Kwadwo OpokuGhanaian footballerborn 2001
- Kwadwo Owusu AfriyieGhanaian lawyer and politician1957–2020
- Kwadwo PokuGhanaian professional footballerborn 1992
- Samiu Kwadwo NuamahGhanaian politicianborn 1977
- Kwadwo PokuGhanaian footballerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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