Nassim
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Nassim is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Nassim mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nassim a girl's or a boy's name?
Nassim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nassim in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nassim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Nassim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Nassim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Nassim, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Nassim in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nassim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
Names like Nassim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Qasim Ibrahim Musa Zayd Zayaan Umar Zayan Fahad
Names related to Nassim
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, “Nassim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nassim, updated 20 October 2026.