Qaasim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KA-sim
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Qaasim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who distributes”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Qaasim mean?
Arabic: spelling of Qasim
“one who distributes”
Al-Qasim was the Prophet Muhammad's eldest son, who died in childhood; Muhammad was therefore called Abu al-Qasim.
Meaning borrowed from Qasim. More on Wiktionary.
Is Qaasim a girl's or a boy's name?
Qaasim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Qaasim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Qaasim, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Qaasim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 38 boys in the UK were given Qaasim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #813, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Qasim 34
- Qaasim 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Qaasim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
Names like Qaasim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azeem Salim Hamza Fahad Hassan Saif Habib Zohaib Naeem Zaim Haseeb Umair
Other spellings of Qaasim
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Qaasim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/qaasim, updated 20 October 2026.