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

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Peak · girls
#1,258
2002 · 157 births
Debut · girls
1971
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,458
since 1971

Ashante over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #1,258, 2002peak #3,810, 1979girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2008#7,07318—
2007#6,09322—
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2001#2,63557#6,44510
2000#3,21642#6,31610
1999#2,34363#6,5309
1998#2,53054#8,4796
1997#2,00271#6,1009
1996#1,64193#5,9829
1995#2,24459#4,79112
1994#2,02669#4,09415
1993#2,21759#5,36010
1992#1,98769#5,23610
1991#2,55048#6,5197
1990#3,22734#8,1175
1989#2,44247#6,2297
1988#3,22530#6,4266
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1981#3,06628#4,5098
1980#3,06928#3,83810
1979#3,14726#3,81010
1978#6,9488#5,7725
1977#5,53211#4,1648
1976—#4,9356
1975#7,9846—
1974#5,36010—
1973#6,0808—
1972#8,2925—
1971#6,6197—
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First appearance
1971

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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedMINew York: #2,104 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,621 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,198 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,700 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #644 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedHITexas: #2,823 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 31,615 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ashante, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#644 · 1 in 3,461
  2. North Carolina#1,198 · 1 in 8,700
  3. New York#2,104 · 1 in 19,621
  4. Texas#2,823 · 1 in 31,615

Best ever in a state: #320 in Louisiana, 1996.

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Louisiana#64461 in 3,461
North Carolina#1,19851 in 8,700
New York#2,10451 in 19,621
Texas#2,82351 in 31,615
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See more about Ashante
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2002 at #1,258 (157 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,445
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 42.5% of all girls named Ashante (619) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1977
  • Mostly boys until 1976, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s81#3,147 (1979)#6,245
1980s247#2,442 (1989)#3,688
1990s619#1,641 (1996)#2,277
2000s444#1,258 (2002)#4,784
2010s67#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 2003

girls
#2,638
60 births · 1 in 30,452 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #2,638Ashante60
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 30,452 of them was named Ashante, which outranked 85.7% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashante
  1. #2,610Yana61
  2. #2,610Yenifer61
  3. #2,610Zykeria61
  4. #2,638Ashante60
  5. #2,638Annamaria60
  6. #2,638Arlet60
  7. #2,638Ayiana60
  8. #2,673Adelynn59
  9. #2,673Alizabeth59
  10. #2,673Ashna59

Tied with 34 names at #2,638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2003 →