Kazim

#9,318 in 2025Boys' name

One who suppresses anger

Kazim has been given to 167 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #9,318 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Kazim, 2025

1 in 414,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kazim: meaning, origin, and history

One who suppresses anger

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kazim means

Kazim means “one who suppresses anger”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 167 boys were recorded with the name Kazim between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1993; its best national rank was #5,571 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,148 in 2020 to #9,318 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,100 in 2015 to #9,318 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kazim?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,318; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kazim 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kazim. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kazims were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kazim was born before 2014 — so the typical Kazim is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 40.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 167; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 40.1% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Kazim 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: +112; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −170; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +782; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.14×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 80.0%; Peak was 1993 (10)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,571; 1993

Spellings of Kazim

Kazim is not the most common spelling — Kai is, with 39.3% against Kazim's 0.09%.

Kai39.3%70,232
Kim19.5%34,951
Maxim3.9%6,992
Karim3.8%6,886
Kadin2.8%5,074
Nazir2.2%3,961
Kain2.1%3,750
Kabir2.0%3,601

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.

Kazim around the world

Where Kazim 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
1996–2025
#3,684
in 2025
France
1977–2025
#3,373
in 2025
Canada
2013–2018
#2,905
in 2018

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kazim by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,318
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 170
Best rank ever: #5,571; 1993
Peak year: 1993; 10 that year
First recorded: 1993
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 167
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Kazim

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

Kazen Kazmir Kazuma Hazim Kaze Kazir Kaziah Kazden Kazuo Kazuki Nazim Kazuya Kazeem Kazi Kazai Kazimir Kazumi Kazier Kazuto Kazari Kaz Kaziel Azim Kazyn

Sibling names for Kazim

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

Jacquelynn Shelbi Shelbie Breonna Salena Ciera Cinthia Breann

For a brother

Coty Brandan Trever Mitchel Bradly Derrell Jarod Samual

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