Asante*
#3,745 most common boys' name of all time · #9,128 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,745
Rank overall
#9,128 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
1,500
Since 2016
367
Peak year
1997 #1,349
Best rank
#1,349 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 101/yr
Asante first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,785 |
| 2024 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,769 |
| 2023 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,826 |
| 2022 | 7 | 38 | 45 | #3,177 |
| 2021 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,326 |
| 2020 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #2,780 |
| 2019 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #3,224 |
| 2018 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,816 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,908 |
| 2016 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,887 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #5,378 |
| 2014 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #3,416 |
| 2013 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,159 |
| 2012 | 5 | 38 | 43 | #3,041 |
| 2011 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,777 |
| 2010 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,392 |
| 2009 | 9 | 38 | 47 | #3,077 |
| 2008 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,535 |
| 2007 | 10 | 38 | 48 | #3,062 |
| 2006 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #4,968 |
| 2005 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #4,126 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,279 |
| 2003 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #4,927 |
| 2002 | 13 | 21 | 34 | #3,987 |
| 2001 | 10 | 37 | 47 | #2,601 |
| 2000 | 9 | 30 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1999 | 15 | 44 | 59 | #2,156 |
| 1998 | 14 | 39 | 53 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 18 | 83 | 101 | #1,349 |
| 1996 | 26 | 65 | 91 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #2,606 |
| 1994 | 8 | 32 | 40 | #2,429 |
| 1993 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #2,629 |
| 1992 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #3,872 |
| 1991 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #4,395 |
| 1990 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #5,231 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,015 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,864 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,390 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,322 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,982 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,618 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,246 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,146 |