Ashanti

Ashanti: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “from the Ashanti people”
Origin: Akan
Say it: uh-SHAHN-tee · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls (94% of all uses)

Ashanti is an anglicized form referring to the Asante, a major Akan ethnic group of Ghana. As a personal name, it is an ethnonym used in modern naming.

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How popular is Ashanti?

202430.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Ashanti in 202499

2024 rank#1,981 girls

Peak year2002

Total US babies since 188013,253

Ashanti is fading: recent use is about 57% of its level ten years before.

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What does the name Ashanti mean?

Ashanti means "from the Ashanti people". It comes from Akan. Ashanti is an anglicized form referring to the Asante, a major Akan ethnic group of Ghana. As a personal name, it is an ethnonym used in modern naming.

Is Ashanti a boy or girl name?

Ashanti is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ashanti?

99 US babies were named Ashanti in 2024. Its peak year was 2002.

How do you pronounce Ashanti?

Ashanti is usually pronounced uh-SHAHN-tee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.