A reliable meaning for Ashante isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ashante through the years
Babies since 1880
1,630
172 boys · 1,458 girls
Most popular year
2002
157 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
Ashante in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1971–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 11% boys.
Boys Girls
Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 157 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,318 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.