Feminine dossier · first seen 1970

Ashanti

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ashanti
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.6% from peak

Peak era

2002

Peak rank proxy

2,946

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1970Peak 20022024

Peak year

2002

Decline from peak

96.6%

2024

All-time

12,486

Ashanti once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 2002, when 2,946 girls were named Ashanti.

In 2024, only 99 girls were given the name.

Down 96.6% from its peak.

All told, about 12,486 Americans have been named Ashanti and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1970.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.6% from peak

20022,946 girls named Ashanti

202499 girls named Ashanti

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