Kasimu

Boys' name

English equivalent of Qasim

Kasimu has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1973. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1973, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Kasimu, 1973

1 in 603,000

Kasimu over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kasimu: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Qasim

Arabic

What Kasimu means

Kasimu is a English equivalent of Qasim.

Origin, language, and formation

Kasimu is used in Yoruba. Its origins include Arabic.

Kasimu comes through Arabic قَاسِم.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Qasim.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Yoruba, Kasimu is pronounced /kà.sí.mũ̀/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Kasimu between 1973 and 1973. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1973; its best national rank was #5,479 in 1973.

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.

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How common is Kasimu?

Kasimu had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1973, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1973: 1 in 603,000; 5 of 3,016,706 births
Among boys only: 1 in 312,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1973: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 418,205 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kasimu 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 1973 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 418,205 children born in 1973 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kasimu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kasimus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kasimu was born before 1973 — so the typical Kasimu is around 52 today.

Median birth year: 1973; About 52 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Kasimu 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1973 (5)
Years since peak: 52; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,479; 1973

Spellings of Kasimu

Kasimu is not the most common spelling — Karim is, with 63.5% against Kasimu's 0.05%.

Karim63.5%6,886
Asim12.2%1,325
Qasim11.4%1,239
Kasim7.5%817
Aasim5.3%570
Kasimu0.05%5

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.

Kasimu by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,479; 1973
Peak year: 1973; 5 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 1973
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kasimu

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

Kashin Kasiel Kassiel Kasaii Kaskile Kassey Kasein Kasden Kassel Kashen Kasahn Kashes Kastor Kashel Kasian Kasimer Kasheen Kaser Kashmyr Kasius Kasien Kasino Kashka Kasion

Sibling names for Kasimu

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

For a sister

Melonie Carmelita Nicola Latonia Suzanna Jenni Latricia Stephenie

For a brother

Demond Shon Erin Giuseppe Abdul Shelton Darrick Judd

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