How Many People Are Named Qasim?
people named Qasim are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 280,611 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,239 babies named Qasim in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
60 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "one who divides goods among his people", derived from Arabic قسم (qasama) "to share" or "to divide". This was the name of a son of Muhammad who died while young.
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 Qasim in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Qasim alive today is about 16 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Qasim first appears in the records in 1977, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 60 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Qasim has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,327, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #2,327.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,327 |
| Best rank | #2,327 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,079 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Qasim alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Qasim were born in New York than in any other state: about 173 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Qasim was given about 7.7 times as often in New York.
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