Girls' name · since 1992
Ashonti
Ashonti has 230 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashonti sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 230 recorded since 1992.
Ashonti has 230 recorded births among girls since 1992, 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 1992 to 2020.
- #18,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 230 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashonti ranks #18,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashonti's 230 recorded births place it above 74.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Ashonti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ashonti splits its recorded history at 2003: 32% of all births land in the more recent half, 68% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ashonti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2020
- Peak year (2002)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Ashonti by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (101 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Ashonti's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ashonti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 101 births (44% of all-time use).
Ashonti by state
Where Ashonti concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 12 | 5.2% |
12 of 230 births nationwide.
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- Ashonti's decade-level peak was the 2000s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Ashontis (12 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 Ashonti: 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 (~28 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, 1992–2020 (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 Ashonti 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.