Qasim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KA-sim
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #986 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,304 for boys
Qasim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who distributes”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 2,304th for boys in the US (60 babies).
What does Qasim mean?
Arabic
“one who distributes”
Al-Qasim was the Prophet Muhammad's eldest son, who died in childhood; Muhammad was therefore called Abu al-Qasim.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Qasim a girl's or a boy's name?
Qasim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK and 60 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Qasim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 986th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Qasim, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 751st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 82 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Qasim than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Qasim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016. 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 Qasim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #813, up from #986 for this spelling alone.
- Qasim 34
- Qaasim 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales.
Qasim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 37 | #923 |
| 2023 | 37 | #930 |
| 2022 | 45 | #792 |
| 2021 | 45 | #805 |
| 2020 | 48 | #751 |
| 2019 | 34 | #951 |
| 2018 | 54 | #705 |
| 2017 | 55 | #704 |
| 2016 | 43 | #822 |
| 2015 | 49 | #732 |
| 2014 | 61 | #639 |
| 2013 | 66 | #597 |
| 2012 | 68 | #582 |
| 2011 | 48 | #737 |
| 2010 | 62 | #608 |
| 2009 | 52 | #672 |
| 2008 | 54 | #644 |
| 2007 | 56 | #606 |
| 2006 | 56 | #579 |
| 2005 | 73 | #444 |
| 2004 | 57 | #504 |
| 2003 | 67 | #429 |
| 2002 | 60 | #427 |
| 2001 | 59 | #432 |
| 2000 | 78 | #365 |
| 1999 | 68 | #378 |
| 1998 | 65 | #397 |
| 1997 | 82 | #342 |
| 1996 | 75 | #346 |
How popular is Qasim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,304th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were named Qasim, making it the 2,304th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most boys named Qasim of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Qasim in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Qasim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,304 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 53 | #2,562 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
Names like Qasim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Fahad, Musa, Umar, Raheem, Zayd, Mustafa, Saif
Other spellings of Qasim
Names related to Qasim
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, “Qasim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/qasim, updated 20 October 2026.