Ashunti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-SHUN-tee
- Origin
- Akan
Ashunti is a girls' name of Akan origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ashunti 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 Ashunti a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashunti is a girls' name.
How popular is Ashunti 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 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Ashunti in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashunti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 70 | #2,307 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Ashunti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ashanti Armani Avani Amani Anahi Aditi Anvi Anika Anjali Amari Saanvi Imani
Names related to Ashunti
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, “Ashunti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashunti, updated 20 October 2026.