Girls' name · since 2002
Rashanti
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Rashanti, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,867 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rashanti is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 26 have been recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Rashanti recorded 26 times among girls since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2004.
- #42,867 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rashanti ranks #42,867 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #42,867 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rashanti's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rashanti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rashanti's full recorded timeline at 2004, 19% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 81% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rashanti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2004
- Peak year (2002)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Rashanti by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (26 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Rashanti's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Rashanti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rashanti: 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 (~2 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, 2002–2004 (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 Rashanti 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.