Carmen

Where Carmen comes from

From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet.
— Wiktionary's entry for Carmen
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • 2 syllables
Carmen through the years
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #679 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1918
    Carmen Amaya born
    Spanish flamenco dancer and singer
  3. 1968
    Peak, #141
    2,270 babies named Carmen, its best rank.
  4. 1972
    Carmen Electra born
    American actress, model, and singer
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #254.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish
  • A male given name from Italian.
Namesakes
  • Carmen Electra · American actress, model, and singer, born 1972
  • Carmen Amaya · Spanish flamenco dancer and singer, 1918–1963
  • Carmen Kass · Estonian model and actress, born 1978
  • Carmen Pereira · Guinea-Bissauan politician, 1936–2016
  • Carmen Luvana · Puerto Rican pornographic actress, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.