Fun Facts About the Name Jaseem
- 36 babies named Jaseem: U.S. records list 36 babies given the name Jaseem from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jaseem Mean?
Jaseem is an Arabic masculine name, an English transliteration of Jāsim (جاسم). It comes from the Arabic root j-s-m, the same root as jism, "body." From that root come the verb jasuma, "to be big or great," and the adjective jasīm, "huge, immense, mighty." The personal name is understood as "great" or "one who is great."
Jaseem is one of several Latin-alphabet spellings of the same name, along with Jasim, Jassim, and Jasem; these reflect different transliteration habits rather than different origin words. The name is separate from the Arabic Qāsim (قاسم, "divider, distributor"), which comes from a different root, and it is unrelated to the flower name Jasmine.
Jaseem Name History & Origins
Unlike names such as ʿAbd Allāh, Jāsim is not a theophoric compound built from a word for "servant" plus a name of God; it is a single adjective or participle used as a personal name, so no religious phrase stands behind it.
Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (c. 1825 - 1913), the ruler of Qatar remembered as the founder of that state, is the most widely documented bearer of the name, and English writing about the Gulf usually renders it as Jassim. Later members of the Al Thani family have also used the name.
The name traveled with Arabic-speaking traders and settlers and with the spread of Islam into Iran and South Asia, where it is common among Muslim communities in India and Pakistan and is typically written in English as Jaseem or Jasim. Because Arabic long vowels are not represented consistently in English spelling, the written forms and the pronunciations that accompany them vary from place to place.
How Popular is the Name Jaseem?
Jaseem has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #8,538 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,538 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #13,051 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #11,420 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #11,351 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #12,999 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #13,074 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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