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
- 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
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 | |
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| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 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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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#1,445 · 1 in 16,293
- California#2,514 · 1 in 38,073
Best ever in a state: #320 in Louisiana, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,445 | 7 | 1 in 16,293 |
| California | #2,514 | 6 | 1 in 38,073 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Ashante
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2002 at #1,258 (157 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 42.5% of all girls named Ashante (619) were born in this decade
- 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.
Ashante in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 59,362 of them was named Ashante, which outranked 76.8% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,165Thao31
- #3,165Tracee31
- #3,165Zaira31
- #3,225Ashante30
- #3,225Abagail30
- #3,225Akia30
- #3,225Aliya30
- #3,306Adelle29
- #3,306Aleta29
- #3,306Alica29
Tied with 80 names at #3,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 319,047 of them was named Ashante, which outranked 24.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,751Zaine7
- #5,751Zander7
- #5,751Ziyad7
- #6,426Ashante6
- #6,426Abdon6
- #6,426Abdrew6
- #6,426Abed6
- #7,270Aadam5
- #7,270Aarin5
- #7,270Aarion5
Tied with 843 names at #6,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.