Carmen
#389 for girls in 2025, 798 births · #1,621 for boys in 2025, 104 births
Given to girls 89.4% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 2,270 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 142,795since 1881
Carmen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #389 | 798 | #1,621 | 104 |
| 2024 | #417 | 751 | #1,902 | 83 |
| 2023 | #435 | 712 | #2,575 | 51 |
| 2022 | #453 | 696 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #437 | 716 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #433 | 708 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #428 | 743 | #3,716 | 29 |
| 2018 | #431 | 733 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #409 | 776 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #400 | 830 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #380 | 859 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #383 | 855 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #358 | 881 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #332 | 943 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #349 | 919 | #3,000 | 38 |
| 2010 | #314 | 1,017 | #3,072 | 37 |
| 2009 | #301 | 1,106 | #3,919 | 26 |
| 2008 | #262 | 1,312 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #275 | 1,244 | #2,684 | 45 |
| 2006 | #257 | 1,284 | #2,542 | 47 |
| 2005 | #268 | 1,227 | #2,206 | 54 |
| 2004 | #239 | 1,363 | #2,843 | 36 |
| 2003 | #254 | 1,291 | #2,269 | 47 |
| 2002 | #306 | 1,020 | #1,817 | 63 |
| 2001 | #267 | 1,175 | #2,520 | 38 |
| 2000 | #270 | 1,195 | #1,713 | 66 |
| 1999 | #276 | 1,139 | #1,966 | 49 |
| 1998 | #278 | 1,121 | #1,574 | 67 |
| 1997 | #284 | 1,012 | #1,908 | 48 |
| 1996 | #322 | 869 | #1,586 | 62 |
| 1995 | #272 | 1,004 | #1,508 | 63 |
| 1994 | #239 | 1,167 | #1,421 | 68 |
| 1993 | #254 | 1,092 | #1,407 | 68 |
| 1992 | #228 | 1,205 | #1,328 | 72 |
| 1991 | #230 | 1,235 | #1,382 | 67 |
| 1990 | #218 | 1,314 | #1,117 | 92 |
| 1989 | #231 | 1,187 | #1,336 | 67 |
| 1988 | #224 | 1,170 | #1,108 | 81 |
| 1987 | #234 | 1,151 | #1,030 | 85 |
| 1986 | #221 | 1,199 | #1,054 | 78 |
| 1985 | #224 | 1,168 | #1,050 | 77 |
| 1984 | #204 | 1,299 | #1,022 | 76 |
| 1983 | #206 | 1,228 | #1,049 | 71 |
| 1982 | #207 | 1,315 | #1,088 | 70 |
| 1981 | #188 | 1,446 | #851 | 107 |
| 1980 | #183 | 1,461 | #894 | 100 |
| 1979 | #172 | 1,609 | #1,011 | 77 |
| 1978 | #182 | 1,428 | #836 | 105 |
| 1977 | #166 | 1,630 | #869 | 95 |
| 1976 | #159 | 1,616 | #853 | 95 |
| 1975 | #151 | 1,775 | #774 | 114 |
| 1974 | #157 | 1,749 | #841 | 91 |
| 1973 | #156 | 1,757 | #772 | 106 |
| 1972 | #144 | 1,968 | #719 | 123 |
| 1971 | #153 | 2,139 | #733 | 126 |
| 1970 | #152 | 2,202 | #727 | 127 |
| 1969 | #149 | 2,200 | #661 | 142 |
| 1968 | #141 | 2,270 | #614 | 153 |
| 1967 | #157 | 2,173 | #646 | 133 |
| 1966 | #163 | 2,122 | #635 | 135 |
| 1965 | #165 | 2,148 | #605 | 159 |
| 1964 | #164 | 2,376 | #594 | 177 |
| 1963 | #168 | 2,347 | #603 | 169 |
| 1962 | #170 | 2,411 | #580 | 182 |
| 1961 | #169 | 2,401 | #536 | 221 |
| 1960 | #167 | 2,440 | #587 | 176 |
| 1959 | #174 | 2,215 | #516 | 232 |
| 1958 | #177 | 2,120 | #517 | 224 |
| 1957 | #172 | 2,218 | #502 | 237 |
| 1956 | #166 | 2,207 | #520 | 210 |
| 1955 | #169 | 2,048 | #526 | 194 |
| 1954 | #184 | 1,785 | #496 | 214 |
| 1953 | #185 | 1,725 | #471 | 220 |
| 1952 | #184 | 1,608 | #496 | 202 |
| 1951 | #184 | 1,567 | #477 | 201 |
| 1950 | #186 | 1,460 | #474 | 199 |
| 1949 | #189 | 1,455 | #445 | 224 |
| 1948 | #204 | 1,309 | #435 | 235 |
| 1947 | #212 | 1,237 | #438 | 234 |
| 1946 | #218 | 1,071 | #434 | 213 |
| 1945 | #218 | 872 | #455 | 170 |
| 1944 | #210 | 942 | #431 | 201 |
| 1943 | #204 | 1,036 | #408 | 229 |
| 1942 | #206 | 991 | #374 | 264 |
| 1941 | #195 | 956 | #380 | 231 |
| 1940 | #211 | 823 | #385 | 219 |
| 1939 | #214 | 776 | #403 | 201 |
| 1938 | #213 | 793 | #399 | 203 |
| 1937 | #216 | 775 | #377 | 215 |
| 1936 | #199 | 847 | #379 | 208 |
| 1935 | #206 | 830 | #372 | 211 |
| 1934 | #208 | 852 | #364 | 224 |
| 1933 | #208 | 832 | #330 | 266 |
| 1932 | #205 | 886 | #363 | 235 |
| 1931 | #196 | 934 | #352 | 246 |
| 1930 | #184 | 1,044 | #336 | 274 |
| 1929 | #187 | 1,066 | #340 | 270 |
| 1928 | #199 | 1,017 | #307 | 329 |
| 1927 | #199 | 1,019 | #318 | 327 |
| 1926 | #202 | 956 | #316 | 322 |
| 1925 | #209 | 939 | #311 | 335 |
| 1924 | #207 | 942 | #308 | 344 |
| 1923 | #209 | 925 | #334 | 303 |
| 1922 | #231 | 783 | #323 | 317 |
| 1921 | #234 | 776 | #333 | 316 |
| 1920 | #237 | 757 | #341 | 292 |
| 1919 | #255 | 632 | #360 | 256 |
| 1918 | #254 | 637 | #346 | 273 |
| 1917 | #264 | 559 | #346 | 258 |
| 1916 | #270 | 508 | #313 | 276 |
| 1915 | #267 | 483 | #370 | 211 |
| 1914 | #269 | 374 | #357 | 173 |
| 1913 | #269 | 300 | #378 | 124 |
| 1912 | #297 | 231 | #393 | 95 |
| 1911 | #273 | 199 | #372 | 56 |
| 1910 | #288 | 181 | #421 | 41 |
| 1909 | #287 | 157 | #505 | 26 |
| 1908 | #321 | 122 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #311 | 125 | #486 | 23 |
| 1906 | #286 | 135 | #503 | 20 |
| 1905 | #354 | 89 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #365 | 80 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #326 | 90 | #696 | 11 |
| 1902 | #368 | 75 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #349 | 76 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #352 | 91 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #476 | 38 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #390 | 63 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #397 | 53 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #417 | 48 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #399 | 49 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #433 | 39 | — | |
| 1892 | #413 | 41 | — | |
| 1891 | #457 | 31 | — | |
| 1890 | #491 | 28 | — | |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 | — | |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
| 1886 | #556 | 16 | — | |
| 1885 | #428 | 24 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Carmen! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Carmen is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Arizona#15 · 1 in 84
- New Mexico#51 · 1 in 206
- Texas#75 · 1 in 377
- California#80 · 1 in 324
- Hawaii#108 · 1 in 327
Best ever in a state: #3 in Arizona, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #15 | 55 | 1 in 84 |
| New Mexico | #51 | 27 | 1 in 206 |
| Texas | #75 | 151 | 1 in 377 |
| California | #80 | 141 | 1 in 324 |
| Hawaii | #108 | 10 | 1 in 327 |
| Oregon | #108 | 14 | 1 in 470 |
| Colorado | #121 | 20 | 1 in 440 |
| Maine | #150 | 8 | 1 in 761 |
| Minnesota | #155 | 21 | 1 in 1,013 |
| Kansas | #156 | 15 | 1 in 820 |
| New York | #160 | 90 | 1 in 947 |
| District of Columbia | #162 | 6 | 1 in 932 |
| Idaho | #175 | 5 | 1 in 820 |
| Washington | #179 | 9 | 1 in 1,201 |
| Nebraska | #191 | 7 | 1 in 1,296 |
| Florida | #219 | 12 | 1 in 1,151 |
| Wisconsin | #219 | 11 | 1 in 2,136 |
| Michigan | #233 | 18 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Iowa | #250 | 8 | 1 in 2,384 |
| Louisiana | #259 | 17 | 1 in 1,329 |
| Illinois | #261 | 23 | 1 in 2,336 |
| Indiana | #270 | 9 | 1 in 2,822 |
| Massachusetts | #279 | 8 | 1 in 3,528 |
| West Virginia | #330 | 6 | 1 in 3,128 |
| Missouri | #341 | 8 | 1 in 3,352 |
| New Jersey | #357 | 5 | 1 in 4,987 |
| Georgia | #407 | 7 | 1 in 4,445 |
| Pennsylvania | #426 | 11 | 1 in 6,572 |
| Ohio | #468 | 7 | 1 in 7,200 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 28 spots since 2024 (#417 → #389)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#433 → #389)
- 9 spots since 2015 (#380 → #389)
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1888 (#661 → #486)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1895 (#399 → #547)
Rise & fade · girls
87 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1968 at #141 (2,270 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1881–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 723
- Highest: 1 in 723 girls born in 1968 were named Carmen (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,014 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 16.0% of all girls named Carmen (22,888) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | #428 (1885) | #586 |
| 1890s | 419 | #390 (1898) | #442 |
| 1900s | 1,040 | #286 (1906) | #332 |
| 1910s | 4,104 | #254 (1918) | #271 |
| 1920s | 9,180 | #187 (1929) | #211 |
| 1930s | 8,569 | #184 (1930) | #205 |
| 1940s | 10,692 | #189 (1949) | #207 |
| 1950s | 18,953 | #166 (1956) | #178 |
| 1960s | 22,888 | #141 (1968) | #161 |
| 1970s | 17,873 | #144 (1972) | #159 |
| 1980s | 12,624 | #183 (1980) | #212 |
| 1990s | 11,158 | #218 (1990) | #260 |
| 2000s | 12,217 | #239 (2004) | #270 |
| 2010s | 8,556 | #314 (2010) | #378 |
| 2020s | 4,381 | #389 (2025) | #427 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carmen in 1939
girls
#214
776 births · 1 in 1,413 girls
boys
#403
201 births · 1 in 5,507 boys
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 1,413 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 95.7% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Carmen
- #211Ernestine794
- #212Erma792
- #213Melba781
- #214Carmen776
- #214Bettie776
- #216Marguerite768
- #217Antoinette766
- #218Flora765
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 5,507 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 89.8% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Carmen
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.