Ashanti Girl
How popular is Ashanti?
#2,099 girl name in 2025
89 baby girls were named Ashanti in the US in 2025, making it the 2099th most popular girl name.
Ashanti popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,099 for girls (▼ 119 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 89 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,464 in 2015, #1,808 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (2,946 girls) |
| Highest rank | #115 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ashanti counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ashanti family of names ranked #1,609 for girls in 2025 (#1,532 the year before), with 95 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ashanti | 89 | 94% |
| Ashanty | 6 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ashanti is most popular
Babies named Ashanti per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 girls)
Ashanti by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 448 | #877 |
| 1980s | 984 | #822 |
| 1990s | 2,173 | #692 |
| 2000s | 6,483 | #115 |
| 2010s | 1,846 | #1,045 |
| 2020s | 642 | #1,699 |
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Questions
- Is Ashanti a boy or girl name?
- Ashanti is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ashanti were girls.
- How popular is the name Ashanti?
- 89 baby girls were named Ashanti in the US in 2025, making it the 2099th most popular girl name.
- When was Ashanti most popular?
- Ashanti peaked in 2002, when 2,946 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #115 in 2002.
- How many people are named Ashanti?
- 13,343 babies have been named Ashanti in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,144 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Ashanti most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ashanti was most common in Georgia, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.