Ashanti*
#1,367 most common girls' name of all time · #2,367 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1970–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,367
Rank overall
#2,367 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
13,343
Since 2016
1,274
Peak year
2002 #115
Best rank
#115 2002
Girls
Boys
peak 2,969/yr
Ashanti first appears in 1970. 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 | 89 | — | 89 | #2,105 |
| 2024 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,990 |
| 2023 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,704 |
| 2022 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,738 |
| 2021 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,902 |
| 2020 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,815 |
| 2019 | 161 | 5 | 166 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 141 | — | 141 | #1,560 |
| 2016 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,436 |
| 2015 | 157 | 5 | 162 | #1,466 |
| 2014 | 184 | — | 184 | #1,297 |
| 2013 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,151 |
| 2012 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,218 |
| 2011 | 236 | 5 | 241 | #1,048 |
| 2010 | 233 | — | 233 | #1,065 |
| 2009 | 265 | 9 | 274 | #1,001 |
| 2008 | 292 | — | 292 | #934 |
| 2007 | 298 | 9 | 307 | #912 |
| 2006 | 303 | — | 303 | #878 |
| 2005 | 398 | — | 398 | #696 |
| 2004 | 532 | 10 | 542 | #535 |
| 2003 | 962 | 6 | 968 | #325 |
| 2002 | 2,946 | 23 | 2,969 | #115 |
| 2001 | 281 | 24 | 305 | #826 |
| 2000 | 206 | 20 | 226 | #1,027 |
| 1999 | 243 | 27 | 270 | #883 |
| 1998 | 256 | 28 | 284 | #834 |
| 1997 | 267 | 22 | 289 | #782 |
| 1996 | 313 | 35 | 348 | #692 |
| 1995 | 242 | 37 | 279 | #815 |
| 1994 | 225 | 34 | 259 | #871 |
| 1993 | 219 | 38 | 257 | #884 |
| 1992 | 172 | 23 | 195 | #1,064 |
| 1991 | 123 | 20 | 143 | #1,339 |
| 1990 | 113 | 17 | 130 | #1,407 |
| 1989 | 206 | 22 | 228 | #895 |
| 1988 | 68 | 15 | 83 | #1,836 |
| 1987 | 60 | 14 | 74 | #1,912 |
| 1986 | 56 | 9 | 65 | #1,973 |
| 1985 | 59 | 7 | 66 | #1,897 |
| 1984 | 63 | 18 | 81 | #1,748 |
| 1983 | 91 | 12 | 103 | #1,326 |
| 1982 | 101 | 16 | 117 | #1,275 |
| 1981 | 89 | 16 | 105 | #1,394 |
| 1980 | 191 | 21 | 212 | #823 |
| 1979 | 175 | 40 | 215 | #877 |
| 1978 | 53 | 26 | 79 | #1,887 |
| 1977 | 44 | 25 | 69 | #2,154 |
| 1976 | 31 | 18 | 49 | #2,594 |
| 1975 | 29 | 20 | 49 | #2,673 |
| 1974 | 30 | 32 | 62 | #2,552 |
| 1973 | 30 | 18 | 48 | #2,505 |
| 1972 | 21 | 19 | 40 | #3,171 |
| 1971 | 21 | 8 | 29 | #3,263 |
| 1970 | 14 | 14 | 28 | #4,244 |