Ashanta
#9,838 most common girls' name of all time · #16,364 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1971–2008
Rank among girls
#9,838
Rank overall
#16,364 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
603
Since 2016
0
Peak year
2002 #2,395
Best rank
#2,395 2002
Girls
Boys
peak 67/yr
Ashanta first appears in 1971. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,838 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #18,195 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,705 |
| 2005 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,131 |
| 2004 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,324 |
| 2003 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,158 |
| 2002 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,395 |
| 2001 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,101 |
| 2000 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,425 |
| 1999 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,003 |
| 1998 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,277 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,180 |
| 1996 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,628 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,107 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,155 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,921 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,631 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,114 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,647 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,200 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,605 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,816 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,117 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,305 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,611 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,533 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,758 |
| 1981 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1980 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,646 |
| 1979 | 34 | 6 | 40 | #2,665 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,474 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,388 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,210 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,314 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,301 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,306 |