Girls' name · since 1974
Ashantay
Ashantay has 35 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashantay sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 35 recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Ashantay recorded 35 times among girls since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2003.
- #39,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashantay ranks #39,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #39,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashantay's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashantay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashantay's full recorded timeline at 2002, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashantay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2003
- Peak year (2002)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ashantay by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (30 births, 86% of the file).
2000s was Ashantay's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Ashantay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 30 births (86% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashantay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1974–2003 (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 Ashantay 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.