Kasheem — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kasheem

The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Kasheem between 1982 and 2025, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kasheem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kasheem performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kasheem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kasheem in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kasheem in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 112 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.