How Many People Are Named Asante?
An estimated 1,425 people in the United States have the first name Asante. It is used for both genders, with 82.8% male. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Asante peaked in popularity in 1997 with 101 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Asante as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Asante paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,425
About 1 in 240,529 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
82.8% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
1997
101 births
Total Registered
1,448
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Asante
Asante is predominantly male (82.8%), though 249 female births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Asante as a male name
Ranked #2,784 in 2024
46 male births in 2024
Peak: 1997 (83 births)
Asante as a female name
Ranked #12,379 in 2022
7 female births in 2022
Peak: 1996 (26 births)
Asante: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Asante span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 479 babies were registered. While Asante is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Asante by Decade
How has Asante tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Asante by State
Birth registrations for Asante span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Illinois, New York. The lowest are in Texas, New Jersey, Georgia. On average, about 20 Asantes were registered per state.
Asante + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Asante as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Asante: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Asante?
We estimate approximately 1,425 people named Asante are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 240,529 Americans share this first name.
Is Asante a common name?
Asante is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,448 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Asante most popular?
Asante reached peak popularity in 1997, when 101 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Asante is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Asante a male name?
Asante is predominantly male. 82.8% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Asante Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Asante Smith, Asante Johnson, Asante Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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