Ashanta
Girl · ah-SHAHN-tah · Akan
Ashanta is a girls' name of Akan origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ashanta 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.
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- ah-SHAHN-tah
Is Ashanta a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashanta is a girls' name.
How popular is Ashanta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Ashanta in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashanta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
Names like Ashanta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Ashanta
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