unisex name

Ashante

Gender Unisex
Letters 7
Births on record 1,687

Ashante is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 90% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2018 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Peaked in 2002, when 157 babies were given the name.
It has been falling over the past decade.
First appears in US birth records in 1971.

Ashante over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

711

1970s '70 1980s '80 1990s '90 2000s '00 2010s '10

Show the numbers

Births named Ashante by decade in the United States
Decade	Births
1970s	110
1980s	278
1990s	711
2000s	464
2010s (to 2018)	67

How popular is Ashante?

In 2018, Ashante was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ashante is used

Canada #2,901 5 in 2003

England & Wales #6,698 3 in 2010

United States #11,830 8 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ashante

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ashante also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ashante over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ashante

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ashante — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ashante

How popular is the name Ashante?

In 2018, Ashante was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Ashante a girl's or a boy's name?

Ashante is used for both girls and boys. About 90% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Ashante most popular?

Ashante peaked in 2002, when 157 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.