Wasim
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Wasim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “handsome, graceful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Wasim mean?
Arabic
“handsome, graceful”
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Wasim a girl's or a boy's name?
Wasim 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 Wasim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Wasim, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 34 boys.
2025 had more boys named Wasim than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Wasim in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Wasim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Wasim 6
- Wassim 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Wasim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 34 | #604 |
| 1998 | 22 | #790 |
| 1997 | 34 | #571 |
| 1996 | 32 | #575 |
How popular is Wasim in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Wasim in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wasim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Names like Wasim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Qasim Ahmed Ibrahim Salim Abdullah Umar Fahad Raheem Azeem Musa
Other spellings of Wasim
Names related to Wasim
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, “Wasim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wasim, updated 20 October 2026.