Ashanta is a rare variant of Ashanti that was most common in the 2000s and has all but disappeared.
Ashanta is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2008. Ashanta was first reported in SSA data in 1971 and peaked in 2002 (67 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #15,635 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #17,948 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #12,559 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #11,977 | — |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,255 | — |
| 2003 | 32 | 32 | #4,120 | — |
| 2002 | 67 | 67 | #2,387 | — |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #6,995 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #9,242 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #6,869 | — |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #7,152 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #9,892 | — |
| 1996 | 17 | — | #5,554 | — |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #5,992 | — |
| 1994 | 15 | — | #6,007 | — |
| 1993 | 20 | — | #4,841 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #5,504 | — |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,016 | — |
| 1990 | 13 | — | #6,497 | — |
| 1989 | 23 | — | #4,131 | — |
| 1988 | 19 | — | #4,504 | — |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #5,629 | — |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #4,988 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #6,059 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,337 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #6,256 | — |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #3,657 | — |
| 1981 | 25 | — | #3,347 | — |
| 1980 | 36 | — | #2,607 | — |
| 1979 | 40 | — | #2,625 | #5,402 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #5,237 | — |
| 1977 | 16 | — | #4,245 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #9,383 | — |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #5,032 | — |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #6,716 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #6,662 | — |