Wisam
Boy · wee-SAHM · Arabic
Wisam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “medal, badge of honour”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Wisam mean?
Arabic: Arabic wisam
“medal, badge of honour”
From the Arabic word for a medal or decoration of honour.
- Say it
- wee-SAHM
Is Wisam a girl's or a boy's name?
Wisam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wisam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Wisam, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wisam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Wisam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Wisam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Wisam, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Wisam in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wisam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Wisam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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