Ashanti
A girls’ name of Akan origin, meaning of the Ashanti people or thank you.
Babies a year
140
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3035
8 babies
Ashanti by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Ashanti. In the US, 140 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,945 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ashanti. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Names about as common as Ashanti
Nobody has voted for Ashanti yet
Vote for Ashanti and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Ashanti