Recorded 1979–2025 · United States
Waseem was most popular in 2020, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,962 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 794 people named Waseem.
Waseem first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1979, which makes it about 46 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 46 of the 47 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 794 American births named Waseem between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 778 are estimated to be alive today.
19 American babies were named Waseem in 2025, ranking #10,631 that year.
Waseem is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 16 births a year, against 23 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -31% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Waseem is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 794 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 778 Americans named Waseem are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 9 and 28.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org