Rasim

Boys' name

From Arabic رَاسِم; literal meaning unconfirmed

Rasim has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 2007. 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 2007, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Rasim, 2007

1 in 571,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rasim: meaning, origin, and history

From Arabic رَاسِم; literal meaning unconfirmed

Arabic

What Rasim means

Rasim is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Rasim is used in Azerbaijani and Turkish. Its origins include Arabic.

Rasim comes through Arabic رَاسِم.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 boys were recorded with the name Rasim between 2007 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2007; its best national rank was #10,625 in 2007.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rasim?

Rasim had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 571,000; 7 of 3,997,748 births
Among boys only: 1 in 296,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 395,862 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rasim 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 2007 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 395,862 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rasim. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rasims were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rasim was born before 2007 — so the typical Rasim is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Rasim 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 2007 (7)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #10,625; 2007

Spellings of Rasim

Rasim is not the most common spelling — Nasir is, with 17.6% against Rasim's <0.01%.

Nasir17.6%17,917
Basil12.9%13,172
Maxim6.9%6,992
Karim6.8%6,886
Ransom4.8%4,859
Rami3.8%3,886
Ravi3.5%3,605
Yasir3.2%3,267

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.

Rasim around the world

Where Rasim 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
2016–2016
#4,023
in 2016
France
1988–2025
#5,354
in 2025
South Australia
1950–1950
#318
in 1950

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

Rasim 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: #10,625; 2007
Peak year: 2007; 7 that year
First recorded: 2007
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rasim

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

Rasai Rasun Raslan Rashe Rascoe Rass Rashim Rashea Rashik Rasa Raseem Rashem Rasan Rashean Rashida Rasha Rassie Rashene Rashand Rashade Rashodd Raschad Rasheid Rashine

Sibling names for Rasim

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

Jailyn Kalli Neveah Marlen Jaylyn Lupita Marin Yuliana

For a brother

Jaeden Nikhil Jamarcus Slade Brandt Nevin Ean Davian

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