Is Asante a boy or girl name?

Asante is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,500 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 16.9% were girls and 83.1% were boys.

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Asante

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Asante was most popular in 1997, when 101 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,713 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,916, with 46 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,500 people named Asante.

Asante over time

Births per year. The dot marks Asante’s peak in 1997. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Asante a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Asante is mostly a boy’s name — 16.9% of the 1,500 Americans given it were girls and 83.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Asante

Where Asante is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 4.5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org