Mutasim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-TAH-sim
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Mutasim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who holds fast to God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Mutasim mean?
Arabic: from Mu'tasim
“one who holds fast to God”
Al-Mu'tasim was a 9th-century Abbasid caliph who founded the city of Samarra.
Is Mutasim a girl's or a boy's name?
Mutasim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mutasim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Mutasim, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Mutasim than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Mutasim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Mutasim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Mutasim in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Mutasim in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mutasim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Mutasim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mustafa, Ibrahim, Musa, Abdullah, Zayaan, Huzaifa, Zayd, Zayan, Musab, Hamza, Arham
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, “Mutasim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mutasim, updated 20 October 2026.