Assata

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Assata by the numbers

Assata was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Assata

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Assata. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aissata16 in the US (2017)
  • Asata5 in the US (2017)
  • Asmaanames or prestige18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Agatagood, virtuous9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asayagod has made or created15 in the US (2017)
  • Asmaragathered together; also capital of Eritrea4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Assata

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