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Jassim

#12,824 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Jasim

Jassim has been given to 83 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #12,824 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Jassim, 2025

1 in 663,000

Jassim over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jassim: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Jasim

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jassim means

Jassim is a alternate transcription of Jasim.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Jassim is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒaː.sim/ for Jassim.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jassim → Jasim. The family’s meaning is “enlarging”, recorded in the naming reference for Jasim.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jasim.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 83 boys were recorded with the name Jassim between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2016; its best national rank was #6,165 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,989 in 2020 to #12,824 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,313 in 2015 to #12,824 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jassim?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,824
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jassim sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jassim. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jassims were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jassim was born before 2017 — so the typical Jassim is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
83
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 51.8% of all recorded uses (43).

Is Jassim rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+285
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,835
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,511
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
35.7%
Peak was 2016 (14)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,165
2016

Spellings of Jassim

Jassim is not the most common spelling — Jessie is, with 79.9% against Jassim's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jassim around the world

Where Jassim ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2022
    #4,002
    in 2022
  • France
    1984–2025
    #383
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2010–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jassim by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,824
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,835
Best rank ever
#6,165
2016
Peak year
2016
14 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
83
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Jassim

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JasimJasserJassirJasaanJasiasJasyahJasireJasrajJaseemJasiriJasahnJasierJasmirJaserJasherJasailJashadJashanJasaniJashunJasmonJassanJaseirJasoor

Sibling names for Jassim

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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