Recorded 1999–2015 Boys' name Peak 2005 27 births

Qaasim — boys' name

27 babies named Qaasim in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s142010s8
2000s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Qaasim was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

9 babies were named Qaasim in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Qaasim

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Qaasim between 1999 and 2015, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Qaasim currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Qaasim performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Qaasim shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Qaasim 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 27 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.

Qaasim at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

27

Since 1999

17 years of records

Peak year

2005

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1999

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2015

Qaasim popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1999

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2005)
9
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
45678910 2015200520041999 5

Qaasim by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
14 births that decade — 52% of Qaasim's all-time total
1990s52000s142010s8

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Qaasim?
27 babies have been named Qaasim since 1999. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2005 with 9 births.
When was Qaasim most popular?
Qaasim was most popular in the 2000s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Qaasim been used?
Qaasim has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 17 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Qaasim?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Qaadir. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.