Kassem — #12735 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kassem

The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Kassem between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kassem currently holds the #12735 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kassem performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kassem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kassem in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kassem 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 249 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.