Wesam
Boy · wi-SAHM · Arabic
Wesam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “medal, badge of honour”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Wesam mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Wisam
“medal, badge of honour”
- Say it
- wi-SAHM
Is Wesam a girl's or a boy's name?
Wesam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wesam in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 4 boys.
Wesam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Wesam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Wesam, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Wesam in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wesam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Wesam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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