Kasim

Boy · KAH-sim · Arabic

Kasim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who distributes”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).

What does Kasim mean?

Arabic: variant of Qasim

“one who distributes”

Al-Qasim was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's eldest son, who died in childhood.

Say it: KAH-sim

Is Kasim a girl's or a boy's name?

Kasim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kasim in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,511among boys
Babies in 2025: 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 17% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Kasim, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 54 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kasim in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Kasim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.

Kasim 9
Kassim 4

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 54 in 20012025

Kasim in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	9	#2,511
2024	11	#2,149
2023	4	#4,335
2022	8	#2,678
2021	11	#2,100
2020	5	#3,502
2019	15	#1,683
2018	9	#2,388
2017	6	#3,191
2016	10	#2,287
2015	15	#1,693
2014	22	#1,260
2013	14	#1,715
2012	15	#1,692
2011	23	#1,203
2010	17	#1,508
2009	30	#972
2008	28	#1,020
2007	20	#1,257
2006	30	#894
2005	36	#766
2004	33	#763
2003	25	#880
2002	26	#791
2001	54	#447
2000	40	#548
1999	38	#562
1998	43	#509
1997	49	#453
1996	43	#473

How popular is Kasim in the US?

Rank in 2025: #5,606among boys
Babies in 2025: 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 2% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Kasim, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the boys named Kasim in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 31 in 20042025

Kasim in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	16	#5,606
2024	18	#5,237
2023	17	#5,465
2022	11	#7,256
2021	25	#4,114
2020	18	#5,037
2019	16	#5,551
2018	18	#5,102
2017	21	#4,590
2016	22	#4,469
2015	12	#6,671
2014	22	#4,389
2013	19	#4,801
2012	21	#4,530
2011	17	#5,196
2010	9	#8,133
2009	14	#6,091
2008	25	#4,041
2007	25	#4,009
2006	22	#4,219
2005	18	#4,626
2004	31	#3,154
2003	11	#6,251
2002	20	#4,038
2001	26	#3,316
2000	28	#3,069
1999	12	#5,311
1998	13	#4,868
1997	14	#4,446
1996	12	#4,871
1995	11	#5,118
1994	18	#3,590
1993	8	#6,221
1992	16	#3,740
1991	24	#2,747
1990	10	#4,986
1989	10	#4,805
1988	11	#4,157
1987	11	#3,954
1986	6	#5,920
1985	14	#3,213
1984	7	#4,969
1983	9	#4,139
1982	14	#3,107
1981	11	#3,599
1980	15	#2,964
1979	13	#3,167
1978	8	#4,155
1977	9	#3,834
1976	7	#4,416
1975	5	#5,462
1974	7	#4,188
1973	0	–
1972	9	#3,342
1971	11	#2,971

Names like Kasim

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Ibrahim Qasim Khalid Hassan Abdullah Umar Raheem Salim Mustafa

Other spellings of Kasim

Kassim

Names related to Kasim

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