Girls' name · since 1979
Ashaunti
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 374 babies named Ashaunti, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,075 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 374
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashaunti is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 374 have been recorded since 1979.
Ashaunti has 374 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1979 to 2020.
- #14,075 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 374 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashaunti ranks #14,075 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 374 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,075 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 374
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashaunti's 374 recorded births place it above 80.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Ashaunti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashaunti's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 82, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashaunti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2020
- Peak year (2002)
- 82
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Ashaunti by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (192 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Ashaunti's strongest decade.
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Ashaunti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s
2000s
192 births
- 2010s 43
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 192 births (51% of all-time use).
Ashaunti by state
Where Ashaunti concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 8 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 8 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 7 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.3% |
8 of 374 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Ashaunti's decade-level peak was the 2000s (192 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Ashauntis (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Ashaunti: 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 (~41 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, 1979–2020 (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 Ashaunti 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.