Asante is the name of the Akan people and kingdom of Ghana, better known in English as the Ashanti, and in Swahili the same word means "thank you". American parents adopted it in the 1990s as a name that honors African heritage, alongside Imani and Kwame. Asante is a rare boys' name in the United States: it stood at number 2923 in 2000, peaked at number 2375 in 2010 and ranks number 2769 in 2025.