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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#283 · 1 in 1,478
- North Carolina#316 · 1 in 1,874
- Alabama#319 · 1 in 1,870
- Virginia#339 · 1 in 2,008
- Mississippi#340 · 1 in 1,658
Best ever in a state: #7 in Mississippi, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #283 | 11 | 1 in 1,478 |
| North Carolina | #316 | 21 | 1 in 1,874 |
| Alabama | #319 | 11 | 1 in 1,870 |
| Virginia | #339 | 17 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Mississippi | #340 | 7 | 1 in 1,658 |
| Arkansas | #358 | 6 | 1 in 1,950 |
| Florida | #387 | 31 | 1 in 2,346 |
| Louisiana | #391 | 10 | 1 in 2,155 |
| Georgia | #417 | 16 | 1 in 2,594 |
| Connecticut | #456 | 5 | 1 in 3,262 |
| Illinois | #465 | 25 | 1 in 2,858 |
| New York | #465 | 35 | 1 in 2,981 |
| New Jersey | #467 | 14 | 1 in 3,024 |
| Tennessee | #575 | 7 | 1 in 4,231 |
| Missouri | #655 | 6 | 1 in 4,925 |
| Michigan | #669 | 10 | 1 in 5,205 |
| Maryland | #677 | 5 | 1 in 4,942 |
| Ohio | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 10,354 |
| California | #1,092 | 24 | 1 in 9,574 |
| Texas | #1,098 | 15 | 1 in 9,303 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,142 | 5 | 1 in 12,110 |
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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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 5,601 of them was named Ashanti, which outranked 95.6% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 54,123 of them was named Ashanti, which outranked 78.2% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,254Tray36
- #2,254Tyrice36
- #2,254Valentine36
- #2,299Ashanti35
- #2,299Adnan35
- #2,299Amer35
- #2,299Bryar35
- #2,332Ameen34
- #2,332Atticus34
- #2,332Boone34
Tied with 32 names at #2,299; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.