How Many People Are Named Wasim?
An estimated 179 people in the United States have the first name Wasim. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Wasim peaked in popularity in 1999 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Wasim as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Wasim paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
179
About 1 in 1,914,829 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
1999
11 births
Total Registered
182
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Wasim
Wasim is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 182 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Wasim as a male name
Ranked #10,814 in 2024
7 male births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (11 births)
Wasim: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Wasim span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 53 babies were registered. While Wasim is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Wasim by Decade
How has Wasim tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Wasim + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Wasim as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Wasim
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Wasim: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Wasim?
We estimate approximately 179 people named Wasim are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,914,829 Americans share this first name.
Is Wasim a common name?
Wasim is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 72.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 182 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Wasim most popular?
Wasim reached peak popularity in 1999, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Wasim is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Wasim a male name?
Wasim is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Wasim Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Wasim Smith, Wasim Johnson, Wasim Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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