How Many People Are Named Ashante?
people named Ashante are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 214,419 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,630 babies named Ashante in Social Security records from 1971 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
157 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ashante, 89.7% were girls and 10.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ashante rose from 73.6% in the 1970s to 95.7% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ashante alive today is about 30 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 23 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ashante first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2002, to 157 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Ashante has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,257, in 2002. Among boys, its best rank was #3,824, in 1979.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,257 (2002) | #3,824 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,227 in the 1990s | #5,791 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ashante alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ashante were born in New York than in any other state: about 113 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ashante was given 10.3 times as often in Louisiana, 3.4 times in New York and 2.6 times in Illinois.
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