How Many People Are Named Ashanti?
An estimated 12,931 people in the United States have the first name Ashanti. It is predominantly female (94.2%). The average bearer is 25 years old, and Ashanti peaked in popularity in 2002 with 2,969 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ashanti 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 Ashanti paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
12,931
About 1 in 26,506 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
94.2% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
2002
2,969 births
Total Registered
13,253
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ashanti
Ashanti is predominantly female (94.2%), though 767 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Ashanti as a male name
Ranked #12,309 in 2019
5 male births in 2019
Peak: 1979 (40 births)
Ashanti as a female name
Ranked #1,976 in 2024
99 female births in 2024
Peak: 2002 (2,946 births)
Ashanti: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ashanti span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 6,584 babies were registered. Ashanti has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ashanti by Decade
How has Ashanti 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.
Ashanti by State
Birth registrations for Ashanti span all 40 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Florida, New York, Illinois. The lowest are in Utah, Nebraska, Oregon. On average, about 266 Ashantis were registered per state.
Ashanti + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ashanti as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ashanti
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
Ashanti: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ashanti?
We estimate approximately 12,931 people named Ashanti 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 26,506 Americans share this first name.
Is Ashanti a common name?
Ashanti is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 13,253 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ashanti most popular?
Ashanti reached peak popularity in 2002, when 2,969 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ashanti is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ashanti a female name?
Ashanti is predominantly female. 94.2% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ashanti Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ashanti Smith, Ashanti Johnson, Ashanti 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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