# Qasim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/qasim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,239 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,239 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,619, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَاسِم (qāsim).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,964 |
| 2012 | 28 | 3,780 |
| 2013 | 26 | 3,938 |
| 2014 | 39 | 2,971 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,208 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,208 |
| 2017 | 46 | 2,703 |
| 2018 | 54 | 2,438 |
| 2019 | 51 | 2,575 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,188 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,850 |
| 2022 | 53 | 2,582 |
| 2023 | 51 | 2,600 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,465 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,327 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 681 |
| 2012 | 60 | 588 |
| 2013 | 61 | 581 |
| 2014 | 58 | 605 |
| 2015 | 46 | 719 |
| 2016 | 42 | 774 |
| 2017 | 51 | 684 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 34 | 874 |
| 2020 | 47 | 706 |
| 2021 | 45 | 751 |
| 2022 | 43 | 758 |
| 2023 | 35 | 890 |
| 2024 | 37 | 857 |
| 2025 | 34 | 914 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: قَاسِم
- French: Qasim
- Russian: Каси́м
- Turkish: Kasım
- Ukrainian: Каси́м

## People named Qasim

- Qasim Amin, Egyptian writer, judge and social reformer (1863–1908)
- KassemG, American comedian and YouTuber of Jordanian Arab descent

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.