Asani — #3784 US unisex name
552 babies named Asani in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Asani was born in this single decade.
85 babies were named Asani in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Asani
The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Asani between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asani currently holds the #3784 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 85 babies received it in a single year. Asani is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 310 additional births since 1999.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Asani performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Asani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Asani in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Asani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 552 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Asani at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Asani popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2012)
- 85
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #3784 among girls.
552 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 85 births in a single year.
Asani popularity over time — boys
310 total births recorded since 1999 (Asani as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Asani accounts for 36% of total recorded use across both genders.
Asani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 254 births that decade — 46% of Asani's all-time total
Asani decade highlights
- Peak decade 254 births
- Runner-up 152 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Asani's strongest decade
254 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Asani by state
Where Asani concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 21 | 3.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 17 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
21 of 552 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.