Recorded 1970–2025 · United States
Ashanti was most popular in 2002, when 2,969 American babies were given the name — ranking #248 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,832, with 89 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 13,343 people named Ashanti.
Ashanti first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 56 of the 56 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 13,343 American births named Ashanti between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 13,135 are estimated to be alive today.
89 American babies were named Ashanti in 2025, ranking #3,832 that year.
Ashanti is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 107 births a year, against 199 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -46% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Ashanti is mostly a girl’s name — 94.2% of the 13,343 Americans given it were girls and 5.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1975 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. 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.
Roughly 13,135 Americans named Ashanti are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 19 and 30. That is a narrow band: Ashanti arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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