Qasim
Masculine · “one who divides”
Qasim is the one who divides in Arabic — a distributor of shares — and it was the name of the Prophet's first son, who died in infancy.
How old is the name Qasim?
Qasim first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Qasim alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,200 people named Qasim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Qasim most popular?
Qasim peaked in 2025, reaching #2304 nationally. Today it ranks #2304, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From qasama to Qasim
The story of Qasim
The Prophet's first child was Qasim, who died as an infant, and Muhammad was known as Abu al-Qasim ever after — a kunya kept for a son who did not live. The word means one who apportions shares. Qasim is standard across Muslim naming and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
one who divides, distributor
From the Arabic qasim, 'divider' or 'distributor', from qasama, 'to divide' or 'apportion'. The Prophet's kunya Abu al-Qasim comes from his first son of that name. The Arabic is ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- qasama
- qasim
- Qasim
Related forms: قاسم · Qasim · Kasım
Pronouncing Qasim
KAH-sim
Two syllables, stress on the first. The Arabic q is a deep throat consonant English lacks.
Nicknames for Qasim
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 202560 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2304reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +7.1%60 in 2025, from 56
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Qasim in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- قاسم in Arabic — transliteration
- Qasim in Urdu — same name
- Kasım in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Qasims among us
people named Qasim are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was named Qasim
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Qasim
- #2304
- Qasim on the 2025 chart
- #844
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Qasim went to 60 boys in 2025, but Kasim and Kazim are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 84, which makes it the 844th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,460 places above the chart.
- Qasim60
- Kasim16
- Kazim8
About 1 boy in 20,334 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,468 for Qasim itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Avin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Qasim's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Avin climbed just as high around 2007, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Avin's path sketches the road Qasim is walking now.
Qasim sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Qasim is headed
Qasim should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Qasim beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Qasim in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the Prophet kept a kunya for a son who died in infancy is a first-rate detail.
- The distributor meaning is concrete and unusual.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- The Arabic q is not reproducible in English.
- The Q spelling will be misread as Qu-.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
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Frequently asked
- How many Qasims are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Qasim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Qasim?
- Qasim is the most-used spelling in US records — 60 of the 84 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kasim and Kazim.
- How popular is the name Qasim in 2025?
- Qasim ranks #2304 among US boy names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Qasim?
- About 1 in every 28,468 US boys born in 2025 was named Qasim — 60 in all.
- Will my child share the name Qasim with classmates?
- Qasim will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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