How Many People Are Named Ashanti?
people named Ashanti are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 26,040 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,343 babies named Ashanti in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,969 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of an African people who reside in southern Ghana. It possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ashanti, 94.5% were girls and 5.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ashanti rose from 67.1% in the 1970s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ashanti alive today is about 24 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ashanti first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2002, to 2,969 babies. In 2025, 89 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ashanti has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #115, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #2,102.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,102 |
| Best rank | #115 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #467 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ashanti alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ashanti were born in Florida than in any other state: about 1,147 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ashanti was given 5.4 times as often in Mississippi, 3.1 times in Louisiana and 3.1 times in South Carolina.
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