# Wasim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wasim/  
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 | “handsome”, “graceful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 182 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 182 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 330, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic وَسِيم (wasīm, literally “handsome, graceful”).

## What it means

Wasim is grouped under beauty.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | 10,837 |
| 2004 | 9 | 8,118 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,992 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,744 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,983 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,723 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8,111 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,584 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,938 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,690 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,606 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,552 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,776 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,751 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,863 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Wasim

- Wasim Sajjad, Acting President of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997–98

## 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.