Girls' name · since 1995
Ashantee
128 babies named Ashantee in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
128 girls have been named Ashantee since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashantee has been recorded 128 times among girls since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1995 to 2010.
- #24,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 128 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashantee ranks #24,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashantee's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Ashantee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ashantee splits its recorded history at 2003: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ashantee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2010
- Peak year (2002)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Ashantee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (90 births, 70% of the file).
2000s was Ashantee's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Ashantee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 90 births (70% of all-time use).
Ashantee by state
Where Ashantee concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 4.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.9% |
6 of 128 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Ashantee's data
- Ashantee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ashantees (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashantee: 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 (~15 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, 1995–2010 (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 Ashantee 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.