Asante
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ah-SAHN-tay
- Origin
- Swahili
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,764 for boys
Asante is a name of Swahili origin, meaning “thank you”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Asante mean?
Swahili: Swahili word; also the name of the Asante people of Ghana
“thank you”
Asante is also the name of an Akan people of Ghana, whose powerful historic kingdom was centred on Kumasi.
Is Asante a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Asante has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 46 boys in the US.
How popular is Asante in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Asante, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Asante of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Asante in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Asante in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,764th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Asante, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Asante in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 16% of the babies named Asante in the US were girls.
Asante in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 53 | #2,374 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 50 | #2,514 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,137 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,342 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,530 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Asante
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Jude, Amari, Axel, Cooper, Alfie, Elijah, River, Ali, Muhammad, Asher, Lucas
Names related to Asante
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Jabari, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Simba, Zamani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Asante: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asante, updated 20 October 2026.