Ashanti
#2,099 for girls in 2025, 89 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to girls 94.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2002 · 2,946 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,576since 1970
Ashanti 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 | #2,099 | 89 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,980 | 99 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,699 | 121 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,897 | 104 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,808 | 109 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,392 | 161 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #1,371 | 164 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,552 | 141 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,434 | 161 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,464 | 157 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #1,291 | 184 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,148 | 209 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,214 | 200 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,045 | 236 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #1,063 | 233 | — | |
| 2009 | #998 | 265 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #932 | 292 | — | |
| 2007 | #911 | 298 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #875 | 303 | — | |
| 2005 | #695 | 398 | — | |
| 2004 | #534 | 532 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #325 | 962 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #115 | 2,946 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #825 | 281 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #1,021 | 206 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #880 | 243 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #831 | 256 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #780 | 267 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #692 | 313 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | #814 | 242 | #2,178 | 37 |
| 1994 | #869 | 225 | #2,307 | 34 |
| 1993 | #881 | 219 | #2,091 | 38 |
| 1992 | #1,059 | 172 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #1,335 | 123 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #1,397 | 113 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #893 | 206 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #1,899 | 60 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #1,882 | 59 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #1,319 | 91 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #1,268 | 101 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #1,382 | 89 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #822 | 191 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #877 | 175 | #1,487 | 40 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 | #1,913 | 26 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #2,509 | 14 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ashanti! It came in at #4,038, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1972, when fewer than 22 girls a year got the name.
Where Ashanti is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#181 · 1 in 914
- Illinois#430 · 1 in 2,873
- Michigan#455 · 1 in 3,724
- Maryland#501 · 1 in 3,895
- Alabama#526 · 1 in 3,819
Best ever in a state: #7 in Mississippi, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #181 | 32 | 1 in 914 |
| Illinois | #430 | 26 | 1 in 2,873 |
| Michigan | #455 | 16 | 1 in 3,724 |
| Maryland | #501 | 5 | 1 in 3,895 |
| Alabama | #526 | 6 | 1 in 3,819 |
| Georgia | #693 | 6 | 1 in 5,602 |
| Ohio | #771 | 8 | 1 in 9,011 |
| Florida | #877 | 6 | 1 in 7,812 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 5 | 1 in 13,682 |
| Texas | #1,092 | 10 | 1 in 11,111 |
| New York | #1,169 | 8 | 1 in 12,365 |
| California | #1,418 | 10 | 1 in 16,333 |
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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 Ashanti
- 119 spots since 2024 (#1,980 → #2,099)
- 291 spots since 2020 (#1,808 → #2,099)
- 635 spots since 2015 (#1,464 → #2,099)
- Biggest jump: 985 spots in 1979 (#1,862 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 560 spots in 1981 (#822 → #1,382)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2002 at #115 (2,946 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2001–2009
- Highest: 1 in 610 girls born in 2002 were named Ashanti (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,059 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 51.6% of all girls named Ashanti (6,483) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1974, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 448 | #877 (1979) | #2,524 |
| 1980s | 984 | #822 (1980) | #1,497 |
| 1990s | 2,173 | #692 (1996) | #954 |
| 2000s | 6,483 | #115 (2002) | #723 |
| 2010s | 1,846 | #1,045 (2011) | #1,297 |
| 2020s | 642 | #1,699 (2023) | #1,869 |
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.
Ashanti in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 9,173 of them was named Ashanti, which outranked 92.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 43,038 of them was named Ashanti, which outranked 79.0% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,464Rachel41
- #1,464Rashaad41
- #1,464Seamus41
- #1,487Ashanti40
- #1,487Anand40
- #1,487Aram40
- #1,487Channing40
- #1,510Ajay39
- #1,510Antuan39
- #1,510Buford39
Tied with 22 names at #1,487; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.