Ashante
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #11,427
- Last seen for boys in 2001 at #6,445
- Given to girls 89.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2002 · 157 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,458since 1971
Ashante over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
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| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,258 | 157 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,635 | 57 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #2,343 | 63 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #2,002 | 71 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #1,641 | 93 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #2,026 | 69 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #1,987 | 69 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #2,442 | 47 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Ashante! It came in at #6,619, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ashante is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ashante in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ashante
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2002 at #1,258 (157 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,445
- Highest: 1 in 11,445 girls born in 2002 were named Ashante (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 212,634 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 42.5% of all girls named Ashante (619) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1977
- Mostly boys until 1976, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 81 | #3,147 (1979) | #6,245 |
| 1980s | 247 | #2,442 (1989) | #3,688 |
| 1990s | 619 | #1,641 (1996) | #2,277 |
| 2000s | 444 | #1,258 (2002) | #4,784 |
| 2010s | 67 | #7,513 (2010) | #11,361 |
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.
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