Kwabena
Kwabena is a distinctive choice, ranked #2440 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Kwabena in their class.
About the Name Kwabena
Kwabena is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 1053 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #976 in 1996 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Kwabena is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Kwabena in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Kwabena
- Kwabena Kwabena — George Kwabena Adu is a Ghanaian musician, guitarist, and an accomplished construction technician.
- Kwabena Appiah — Kwabena Appiah-Kubi is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a winger.
- Kwabena Boahen — Kwabena Adu Boahen (not to be confused with Kwabena Adu-Boahene, former Director of the National Signals Bureau in Ghana, who is no relation) is a Ghanaian-born Professor of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kwabena
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kwabena
Almost certainly the only Kwabena in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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Famous People Named Kwabena
Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia