Ashaunti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-SHAWN-tee
- Origin
- Akan
Ashaunti is a girls' name of Akan origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ashaunti mean?
Akan: respelling of Ashanti, the Asante people of Ghana
Respelling of Ashanti, a name taken from the Asante, an Akan people and former kingdom in what is now Ghana.
Is Ashaunti a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashaunti is a girls' name.
How popular is Ashaunti 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 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Ashaunti in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashaunti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 82 | #2,078 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Names like Ashaunti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani, Armani, Anvi, Saanvi, Aashvi, Avni, Anika, Vivi, Anahi, Tanvi, Anjali, Dhriti
Names related to Ashaunti
Ashanti, Asanti, Ashanty, Ashante, Ashawnti, 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 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, “Ashaunti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashaunti, updated 20 October 2026.