Asante
Asante was the 2769th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1346th with 83 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,539 places. More babies were named Asante in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,769 boys, down 6 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 46boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199783 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,500babies recorded
Asante popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #2,769 | — | 46 |
| 2020 | #10,347 | #2,763 | 9 | 44 |
| 2010 | — | #2,375 | — | 53 |
| 2000 | #9,978 | #2,923 | 9 | 30 |
| 1990 | #8,554 | #5,018 | 9 | 10 |
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How popular is Asante, counting every spelling?
Asante has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Asante?
46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Asante (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Asante born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Asante.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Asante?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Asante are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 8 and 29. That makes Asante mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Asante by state
How common Asante was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Asante
How popular is the name Asante?
Asante was the 2769th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1346th with 83 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,539 places. More babies were named Asante in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Asante a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Asante in the US.
Where is Asante most popular?
In 2021–2025, Asante was most common in California (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Texas.