Asante
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243 · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 83.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 83 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,246since 1975
Asante 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,765 | 46 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,750 | 47 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,805 | 45 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #3,151 | 38 |
| 2021 | — | #3,297 | 35 | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #2,759 | 44 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #3,201 | 36 |
| 2018 | — | #4,739 | 20 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2013 | — | #3,122 | 35 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #3,002 | 38 |
| 2011 | — | #2,748 | 43 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,375 | 53 | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #3,045 | 38 |
| 2008 | — | #2,515 | 50 | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #2,140 | 44 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #2,274 | 39 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #1,345 | 83 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | #1,533 | 65 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #2,392 | 32 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Asante! It came in at #5,464, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1977, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Asante is popular in 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#944 · 1 in 8,561
- Illinois#1,357 · 1 in 13,966
- California#1,701 · 1 in 25,975
Best ever in a state: #379 in Connecticut, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #944 | 5 | 1 in 8,561 |
| Illinois | #1,357 | 5 | 1 in 13,966 |
| California | #1,701 | 9 | 1 in 25,975 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Asante
- 15 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #2,765)
- 6 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #2,765)
- 2,524 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #2,765)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1997 at #1,345 (83 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,713 boys born in 1997 were named Asante (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.8% of all boys named Asante (359) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #5,059 (1978) | #5,370 |
| 1980s | 35 | #4,130 (1986) | #5,661 |
| 1990s | 359 | #1,345 (1997) | #2,779 |
| 2000s | 277 | #2,515 (2008) | #4,065 |
| 2010s | 304 | #2,375 (2010) | #3,942 |
| 2020s | 255 | #2,750 (2024) | #2,921 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Asante in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 36,201 of them was named Asante, which outranked 83.4% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,354Tryston54
- #2,354Vidal54
- #2,354Zackariah54
- #2,375Asante53
- #2,375Beckam53
- #2,375Bill53
- #2,375Bjorn53
- #2,402Abhiram52
- #2,402Adryan52
- #2,402Anjel52
Tied with 26 names at #2,375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.