Asanti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-SAHN-tee
- Origin
- Akan
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Asanti is a girls' name of Akan origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Asanti mean?
Akan: variant of Ashanti, the Asante people of Ghana
Variant of Ashanti, a name taken from the Asante, an Akan people and former kingdom in what is now Ghana.
Is Asanti a girl's or a boy's name?
Asanti is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asanti in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Asanti, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Asanti in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asanti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Asanti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Armani Ashanti Saanvi Anvi Aashvi Anahi Amani Navi Avni Dhriti Aarohi
Names related to Asanti
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Kofi Kwame Ohemaa Akosua Obrempong Ama Kwabena Akua Kwaku Nhyira Abena Kwadwo Adom Yaa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Asanti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asanti, updated 20 October 2026.