Over the past 110 years, 135 boys and 10 177 girls have been named Ashanti. The name Ashanti ranks 5286th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Ashanti in 1970. The peak of popularity of the name Ashanti came in the 1990s and 2000s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.