The baby name Kofi is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KO-fee.
Kofi is African American, Akan, Twi in Origin.
The baby name Kofi is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KO-fee.
Kofi is African American, Akan, Twi in Origin.
Kofi is an Akan male day name, especially in Twi-speaking and related Akan communities of Ghana. Its written Akan form is Kofi, attached to Efiada, Friday; as a kradin, or soul-name, it identifies the weekday of birth rather than a family line. The literal sense is born on Friday, with the feminine counterpart Afua or Efua in many Akan naming tables.
In Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, Kofi belongs to the broader Akan system that also includes Kwame, Kwaku, and Kwesi. International notice was strengthened by Kofi Annan, the Ghanaian UN secretary-general, and by diaspora bearers such as actor Nana-Kofi Siriboe. An African American connection is visible in the Anglicized Cuffee or Cuffey: Britannica records Paul Cuffe, an 18th-century Massachusetts Black mariner, taking his surname from his father Kofi, also written Cuffe, Slocum.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH | 0 | #5 | 1,049 | 5,396 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #7 | 4,537 | 8,138 |
| ET | Boys | 0 | #27 | 1 | 678 |
| KR | Boys | 0 | #27 | 1 | 897 |
| DJ | Boys | 0 | #36 | 1 | 657 |
| MT | 0 | #43 | 1 | 1,767 | |
| CM | 0 | #56 | 1 | 2,592 | |
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| CN | 0 | #85 | 2 | 3,857 | |
| QA | 0 | #105 | 2 | 7,011 | |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #150 | 5 | 4,685 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #166 | 11 | 4,064 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2009 | #177 | 2 | 1,294 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #193 | 155 | 6,973 |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| LY | 0 | #252 | 343 | 12,703 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #255 | 13 | 6,912 |
| NG | 0 | #269 | 4 | 5,926 | |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #277 | 2 | 7,507 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #286 | 12 | 7,909 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #291 | 3 | 6,876 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #299 | 21 | 9,639 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #302 | 5 | 2,588 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #302 | 4 | 6,530 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #315 | 11 | 7,401 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #356 | 2 | 8,483 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #365 | 5 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #379 | 3 | 7,951 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| EG | 0 | #411 | 2 | 6,387 | |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #418 | 10 | 2,041 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #432 | 11 | 2,180 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #435 | 11 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #467 | 8 | 14,421 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #507 | 4 | 10,188 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #517 | 11 | 12,905 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #521 | 6 | 12,621 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #532 | 17 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #539 | 12 | 12,054 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #556 | 5 | 11,671 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #559 | 3 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| BH | 0 | #579 | 9 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #591 | 17 | 10,983 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #603 | 3 | 10,045 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #623 | 85 | 18,093 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #671 | 12 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #686 | 5 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #696 | 2 | 13,071 |
| IT | 0 | #699 | 16 | 4,183 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #732 | 38 | 18,755 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #767 | 20 | 15,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #783 | 3 | 12,213 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #788 | 164 | 16,906 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #813 | 118 | 5,610 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #821 | 131 | 5,873 |
| TN | 0 | #860 | 6 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #862 | 31 | 7,044 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #863 | 656 | 10,046 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #874 | 13 | 15,035 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #887 | 66 | 5,697 |
| United States | Girls | 2023 | #910 | 5 | 8,600 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #991 | 188 | 25,619 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,012 | 81 | 22,615 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,028 | 6 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MA | 0 | #1,103 | 26 | 20,986 | |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,165 | 12 | 20,130 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,177 | 6 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,191 | 21 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,230 | 7 | 25,928 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,436 | 11 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,550 | 65 | 28,008 |
Kofi is popular in 65 countries — most recent births per country:
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