Kweli — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kweli

The Social Security Administration has registered 228 babies named Kweli between 2000 and 2023, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kweli currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kweli performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kweli shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kweli in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kweli in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 228 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.