Unisex name · since 1997
Asanti
255 babies named Asanti in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,401 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,741 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 255
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asanti currently ranks #15741 among unisex names in America, with 255 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asanti has been recorded 255 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #15741 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #17,401 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,741 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 255 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asanti ranks #17,401 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,741 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 255 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,401 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,741 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 255
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asanti's 255 recorded births place it above 75.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Asanti compares
255 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Asanti's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asanti | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 255 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asanti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asanti's full recorded timeline at 2009, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asanti popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Asanti popularity over time - boys
56 total births recorded since 1995 (Asanti as boys' name)
Asanti by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (125 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Asanti's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Asanti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 125 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Asanti's decade-level peak was the 2000s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Asanti: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Asanti draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.