Assata
Girl · uh-SAH-tah
Assata is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Assata mean?
Name adopted by activist Assata Shakur; said to be West African
Known from Black Panther activist Assata Shakur, whose 1987 autobiography is titled Assata.
- Say it
- uh-SAH-tah
Is Assata a girl's or a boy's name?
Assata is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Assata in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Assata, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Assata in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Assata in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Assata
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Amira Safa Aliya Samira Zahara Zaira Hadassah Zamira Salma Alaya Zaniyah