Is Ashante a boy or girl name?

Ashante is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 1,630 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 89.5% were girls and 10.5% were boys.

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Ashante

Recorded 1971–2018 · United States

Ashante was most popular in 2002, when 157 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,219 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,630 people named Ashante.

Ashante over time

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

Is Ashante a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ashante is mostly a girl’s name — 89.5% of the 1,630 Americans given it were girls and 10.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Ashante

Where Ashante is most concentrated

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

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