Girls' name · since 1993
Ashantie
52 babies named Ashantie in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashantie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 52 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashantie has been recorded 52 times among girls since 1993, 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 1993 to 2011.
- #34,488 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashantie ranks #34,488 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashantie's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashantie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashantie's SSA record in two at 2006 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 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashantie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2011
- Peak year (2002)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Ashantie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (36 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Ashantie's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Ashantie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Ashantie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashantie: 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 (~18 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, 1993–2011 (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 Ashantie 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.