Girls' name · since 1992
Ashani
342 babies named Ashani in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,827 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,393 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 342
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashani currently ranks #10393 among girls' names in America, with 342 babies recorded since 1992.
Ashani has 342 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10393 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #14,827 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,393 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 342 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashani ranks #14,827 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,393 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 342 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,827 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,393 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 342
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashani's 342 recorded births place it above 79.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ashani compares
342 48th 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
Ashani's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 342 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ashani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashani's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Ashani by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Ashani's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Ashani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Ashani's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (68) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Ashani 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.