How Many People Are Named Hashim?
people named Hashim are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 176,450 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,984 babies named Hashim in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
90 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "crusher, breaker" in Arabic. This was the nickname of a great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad. He acquired this nickname because of his practice of crumbling bread and giving it to pilgrims.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hashim in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hashim alive today is about 19 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hashim first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2016, to 90 babies. In 2025, 76 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hashim has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,274, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #1,998.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,998 |
| Best rank | #1,274 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,084 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hashim alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hashim were born in New York than in any other state: about 200 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hashim was given 5.4 times as often in New York, 2.2 times in Ohio and 1.4 times in Texas.
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