Girls' name · since 1979
Ashantia
Ashantia has 71 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
71 girls have been named Ashantia since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashantia has been recorded 71 times among girls since 1979, 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 1979 to 2005.
- #30,900 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashantia ranks #30,900 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashantia's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashantia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashantia's full recorded timeline at 2000, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashantia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2005
- Peak year (2002)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Ashantia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (47 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Ashantia's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Ashantia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 47 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashantia: 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 (~26 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, 1979–2005 (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 Ashantia 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.