Unisex name · since 1970
Ashanti
Ashanti has 12,576 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,104 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,576
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ashanti is the #2104 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 12,576 recorded since 1970.
Ashanti has 12,576 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2104 as of the latest data, more common than 88% 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 1970 to 2025.
- #1,452 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,104 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,576 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashanti ranks #1,452 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,104 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,576 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,104 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,576
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashanti's 12,576 recorded births place it above 97.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Ashanti compares
12,576 Top 9% higher than 91% of 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
Ashanti's all-time total is 33x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashanti | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,576 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,946 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ashanti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashanti's full recorded timeline at 1998, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 14 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 2,946 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashanti popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 2,946
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Ashanti popularity over time - boys
767 total births recorded since 1970 (Ashanti as boys' name)
Ashanti by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6,483 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Ashanti's strongest decade.
6,483 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Ashanti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 448
1970s
448 births
- 1980s 984
1980s
984 births
- 1990s 2,173
1990s
2,173 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,483 births
- 2010s 1,846
2010s
1,846 births
- 2020s 642
2020s
642 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6,483 births (52% of all-time use).
How Ashanti compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ashanti's total volume
Ashanti by state
Where Ashanti concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 1,151 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 942 | 7.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 937 | 7.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 883 | 7.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 780 | 6.2% |
| #6 | California | | 724 | 5.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 603 | 4.8% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 469 | 3.7% |
1,151 of 12,576 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Ashanti appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ashanti's data
- Ashanti's decade-level peak was the 2000s (6,483 total births); usage has since declined to 642 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Ashantis (1,151 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ashanti: 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 (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Ashanti 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.