Waseem — #5975 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Waseem

The Social Security Administration has registered 775 babies named Waseem between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waseem currently holds the #5975 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waseem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Waseem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Waseem in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waseem 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 775 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.