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Kasim

“one who distributes”

Language contexts for this entry: English, Serbo-Croatian

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masculineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Arabic
2 language contexts: English Serbo-Croatian
Follow the evidence: 4 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Kasim

Kasim is a masculine given name documented in English and Serbo-Croatian. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic قَاسِم via Ottoman Turkish. It is a form of Qasim, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “one who distributes”.

Arabic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “one who distributes”

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاسم (Kâsım), from Arabic قَاسِم (qāsim).

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Ottoman Turkish
Arabic

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Sources for this account (3)

Wiktionary: KasimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): Qasim (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): KasimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Kasim is used

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8 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

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United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 16 boys (rank 5608). Documented as a given name in English.

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

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United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Kasim

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 16; applications; Rank #5,608
Peak year: 2004; 31 applications

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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Kasim in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	11	2,973	observed
1972	9	3,344	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	7	4,190	observed
1975	5	5,464	observed
1976	7	4,418	observed
1977	9	3,836	observed
1978	8	4,157	observed
1979	13	3,168	observed
1980	15	2,965	observed
1981	11	3,601	observed
1982	14	3,108	observed
1983	9	4,141	observed
1984	7	4,973	observed
1985	14	3,216	observed
1986	6	5,926	observed
1987	11	3,959	observed
1988	11	4,162	observed
1989	10	4,811	observed
1990	10	4,993	observed
1991	24	2,753	observed
1992	16	3,748	observed
1993	8	6,228	observed
1994	18	3,596	observed
1995	11	5,124	observed
1996	12	4,878	observed
1997	14	4,451	observed
1998	13	4,873	observed
1999	12	5,317	observed
2000	28	3,075	observed
2001	26	3,321	observed
2002	20	4,044	observed
2003	11	6,258	observed
2004	31	3,158	observed
2005	18	4,631	observed
2006	22	4,223	observed
2007	25	4,011	observed
2008	25	4,044	observed
2009	14	6,095	observed
2010	9	8,139	observed
2011	17	5,200	observed
2012	21	4,533	observed
2013	19	4,804	observed
2014	22	4,392	observed
2015	12	6,676	observed
2016	22	4,470	observed
2017	21	4,594	observed
2018	18	5,106	observed
2019	16	5,555	observed
2020	18	5,041	observed
2021	25	4,118	observed
2022	11	7,262	observed
2023	17	5,470	observed
2024	18	5,241	observed
2025	16	5,608	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Kasim” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q61557310CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: KasimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): Qasim (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): KasimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates10

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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