Ashanti

Primarily a girl's name · 94% girls

Ashanti first appears in the U.S. data in 1970 and has been recorded in 55 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2002 with 2,946 babies (rank #115 that year). In 2024 it was given to 99 girls (rank #1,976). The name has been declining over the last five years.
13,253
Total babies (all years)
55
Years in the data
2,946
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
197014#4,051
197121#3,172
197221#3,067
197330#2,461
197430#2,500
197529#2,615
197631#2,550
197744#2,126
197853#1,862
1979175#877
1980191#822
198189#1,383
1982101#1,268
198391#1,319
198463#1,729
198559#1,881
198656#1,953
198760#1,899
198868#1,821
1989206#894
1990113#1,398
1991123#1,335
1992172#1,060
1993219#881
1994225#869
1995242#814
1996313#692
1997267#781
1998256#831
1999243#880
2000206#1,021
2001281#825
20022,946#115
2003962#325
2004532#533
2005398#695
2006303#875
2007298#911
2008292#932
2009265#999
2010233#1,063
2011236#1,046
2012200#1,214
2013209#1,149
2014184#1,293
2015157#1,463
2016161#1,433
2017141#1,551
2018164#1,370
2019161#1,395
2020109#1,808
2021104#1,897
2022119#1,741
2023121#1,697
202499#1,976