Kaseem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-SEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Kaseem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who distributes”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Kaseem mean?
Arabic: spelling of Qasim
“one who distributes”
Qasim was the name of a son of the Prophet Muhammad who died in infancy.
Is Kaseem a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaseem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaseem in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4 boys.
Kaseem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Kaseem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Kaseem, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2000, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the boys named Kaseem in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaseem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
Names like Kaseem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Raheem, Hamza, Abdullah, Khalid, Mustafa, Hakeem, Umar, Musa, Ibrahim, Amir
Names related to Kaseem
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Kaseem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaseem, updated 20 October 2026.