Kofi is a distinctive choice, ranked #1460 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Kofi in their class.
💎
UK Rank 2024
#1460
About the Name Kofi
Kofi is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 365 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #499 in 2003 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Kofi is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kofi
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Kofi per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kofi in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kofi is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 365 places over the last five years to #1460 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Kofi is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Kofi include: Kofi Cockburn — Kofi Mazeze Cockburn is a Jamaican professional basketball player for the Hiroshima Dragonflies of the Japanese B.; Tia Kofi — Lawrence John Bolton, better known by the stage name Tia Kofi, is a British drag queen and singer from Clapham, South London.; Kofi Adams — Kofi Iddie Adams is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the National Democratic Congress..
Kofi does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Kofis in the wild.
18
UK babies named Kofi (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 365 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kofi
Likely around 1 other Kofi in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Kofi
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kofi Mazeze Cockburn is a Jamaican professional basketball player for the Hiroshima Dragonflies of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Lawrence John Bolton, better known by the stage name Tia Kofi, is a British drag queen and singer from Clapham, South London. They are best known for competing on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, and winning the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs.
Kofi Iddie Adams is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected a member of Parliament for the Buem Constituency in the Oti region in 2020, and re-elected for the same constituency in 2024.
Vincent Akwete Kofi was a Ghanaian artist and academic known for his modernist sculpture, which was inspired by themes such as Pan-Africanism and decolonization. He was described as "Ghana's most important sculptor".