Nkrumah

Boy · recorded 1972–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nkrumah.

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Its story

Popularity since 1972

03619721981199019992008

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 4 recorded years as a table
Nkrumah, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19724
19736
19784
20082

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nkrumah isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
5
Rank in 2008
#12,553
How rare
1 in 408,030 boys
Since 1972
27

Nkrumah was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1973, at 6 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nkrumah doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.