Akosua

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Akosua Busia

Ghanaian-born British actress and songwriter

Choose Akosua and your child shares a first name with Akosua Busia, a Ghanaian-born British actress and songwriter. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Akosua, like who?” Akosua Busia's Wikipedia article is available in 29 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 227,273 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Akosua, 7 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Akosua would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAkosua first shows up in US birth records in 1974, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 51 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1976, when it reached #6,048.
• 🍂TrendAkosua has slipped 2,386 places over the last five years and now sits at #11,932. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningIn Akan, Akosua means “born on Sunday”. Our records link it to African and Ghanaian roots.
• 🌍OriginAkosua is the #5 most popular Ghanaian girl name in the US. That's out of 29 Ghanaian girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Akosua

Akosua is a girl name of African and Ghanaian origin meaning “born on Sunday”. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-sua”. US birth records list Akosua for girls from 1974 to 2025, in 47 of those 52 years. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked #6,048 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #11,932, with 7 babies.

Origin:African namesGhanaian names