Girls' name · since 2002
Assetou
Assetou has 32 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,970 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Assetou currently ranks #15970 among girls' names in America, with 32 babies recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Assetou recorded 32 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #15970 nationally today, ahead of 8% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #40,114 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,970 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 32 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Assetou ranks #40,114 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,970 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 32 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #40,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,970 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Assetou's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Assetou compares
32 11th percentile among 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
Assetou's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Assetou | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Assetou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Assetou's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Assetou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Assetou by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (15 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Assetou's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Assetou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 15 births (47% of all-time use).
Assetou by state
Where Assetou concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 15.6% |
5 of 32 births nationwide.
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- Assetou's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Assetous (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Assetou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Assetou 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.