Aasim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-sim
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Aasim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protector, guardian”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Aasim mean?
Arabic: spelling of Asim
“protector, guardian”
The Quran reading of the 8th-century scholar Asim, as transmitted by Hafs, is the one most widely used today.
Meaning borrowed from Asim.
Is Aasim a girl's or a boy's name?
Aasim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aasim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Aasim, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aasim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Aasim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Asim 14
- Aasim 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Aasim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Aasim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Aasim, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 79 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Aasim than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Aasim in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were given Aasim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,688, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
- Asim 57
- Aasim 17
- Asiim 6
Aasim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 79 | #1,861 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Aasim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Arham Zayaan Musa Azaan Zayd Zayan Ibrahim Umar
Other spellings of Aasim
Names related to Aasim
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aasim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aasim, updated 20 October 2026.