Asani
#2,751 for girls in 2025, 62 births · #2,284 for boys in 2025, 61 births
Given to girls 62.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 85 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 614since 1999
Asani over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,751 | 62 | #2,284 | 61 |
| 2024 | #3,758 | 40 | #2,559 | 52 |
| 2023 | #3,585 | 43 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | #4,141 | 24 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 | #4,639 | 21 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,205 | 85 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #9,912 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Asani! It came in at #12,688, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2000, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Asani is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#595 · 1 in 3,043
- North Carolina#1,179 · 1 in 7,326
- Pennsylvania#1,225 · 1 in 8,792
- New York#1,380 · 1 in 9,227
- Georgia#1,465 · 1 in 9,463
Best ever in a state: #595 in New Jersey, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #595 | 12 | 1 in 3,043 |
| North Carolina | #1,179 | 6 | 1 in 7,326 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,225 | 6 | 1 in 8,792 |
| New York | #1,380 | 10 | 1 in 9,227 |
| Georgia | #1,465 | 5 | 1 in 9,463 |
| Illinois | #1,631 | 5 | 1 in 11,751 |
| Florida | #1,988 | 5 | 1 in 15,925 |
| Texas | #3,183 | 5 | 1 in 31,663 |
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See more about Asani
- 1,007 spots since 2024 (#3,758 → #2,751)
- 3,574 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #2,751)
- 10,255 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #2,751)
- Debuted 1999
- Peaked 2012 at #2,205 (85 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,718 girls born in 2012 were named Asani (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,924 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.4% of all girls named Asani (254) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | #12,688 (1999) | #12,688 |
| 2000s | 140 | #5,444 (2002) | #8,431 |
| 2010s | 254 | #2,205 (2012) | #6,656 |
| 2020s | 214 | #2,751 (2025) | #4,435 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Asani in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 20,718 of them was named Asani, which outranked 88.7% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,189Reem86
- #2,189Sade86
- #2,189Suzanne86
- #2,205Asani85
- #2,205Addysen85
- #2,205Aleya85
- #2,205Alise85
- #2,232Abella84
- #2,232Adelia84
- #2,232Adisyn84
Tied with 26 names at #2,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 135,496 of them was named Asani, which outranked 57.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,720Zerek15
- #5,720Zyere15
- #5,720Zyire15
- #6,001Asani14
- #6,001Aalijah14
- #6,001Aarion14
- #6,001Abdalla14
- #6,306Aarish13
- #6,306Aashrith13
- #6,306Abdoulie13
Tied with 304 names at #6,001; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.