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 | — | |
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
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| 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.
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 2000
Top girls' names in 2000
Top boys' names in 2000
More about 2000
girls
1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 43,239 of them was named Ashante, which outranked 81.8% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,169Tyeisha43
- #3,169Vania43
- #3,169Zuri43
- #3,216Ashante42
- #3,216Amairani42
- #3,216Anasia42
- #3,216Ashlen42
- #3,271Ameerah41
- #3,271Annalyse41
- #3,271Apryl41
Tied with 54 names at #3,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 196,400 of them was named Ashante, which outranked 47.9% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,920Zayden11
- #5,920Ziaire11
- #5,920Zyion11
- #6,316Ashante10
- #6,316Aaric10
- #6,316Aashish10
- #6,316Aasim10
- #6,839Aadil9
- #6,839Aarik9
- #6,839Abdifatah9
Tied with 522 names at #6,316; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.