Is Ashanta a boy or girl name?

Ashanta is a girl’s name. Of the 603 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.0% were girls and 1.0% were boys.

Ashanta

Recorded 1971–2008 · United States

Ashanta was most popular in 2002, when 67 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,046 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 603 people named Ashanta.

Ashanta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ashanta’s peak in 2002. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ashanta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ashanta is a girl’s name — 99.0% of the 603 Americans given it were girls and 1.0% were 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.

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