Given name
Kaseem
“one who is divided”
Kaseem is a variant of Kasim. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is divided.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kaseem is a variant of Kasim. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is divided.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kaseem is a variant of Kasim. An origin associated with Kasim is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaseem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 899
- 899 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,640 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,640 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 610 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kaseem
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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