Ashante
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-SHAHN-tee
- Origin
- Akan
Ashante is a girls' name of Akan origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ashante 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 Ashante a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashante is a girls' name.
How popular is Ashante in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 20 girls.
Ashante in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Ashante 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 157 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Ashante in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 72% of the babies named Ashante in the US in 1979, and 85% in 2001.
Ashante in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 157 | #1,257 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,631 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,639 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 1994 | 69 | #2,021 |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,212 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,982 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
Names like Ashante
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya Anika Amrit Anisha Avani Aisha Avneet Priya Aadhini Akshara Radhika Advika
Names related to Ashante
Ashanti Asante Asanti Ashanty Ashawnti Ashaunti Ashunti Ashanta Ashonti
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Kofi Kwame Ohemaa Akosua Obrempong Ama Kwabena Akua Kwaku Nhyira Abena Kwadwo Adom Yaa
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, “Ashante: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashante, updated 20 October 2026.