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
#141
1968 · 2,270 births
Debut · girls
1881
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
142,795
since 1881

Carmen over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #141, 1968peak #307, 1928girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#389798#1,621104
2024#417751#1,90283
2023#435712#2,57551
2022#453696#3,69130
2021#437716#4,01126
2020#433708#4,69820
2019#428743#3,71629
2018#431733#5,10618
2017#409776#5,29717
2016#400830#3,44132
2015#380859#4,29523
2014#383855#4,26323
2013#358881#3,86426
2012#332943#3,71428
2011#349919#3,00038
2010#3141,017#3,07237
2009#3011,106#3,91926
2008#2621,312#2,82842
2007#2751,244#2,68445
2006#2571,284#2,54247
2005#2681,227#2,20654
2004#2391,363#2,84336
2003#2541,291#2,26947
2002#3061,020#1,81763
2001#2671,175#2,52038
2000#2701,195#1,71366
1999#2761,139#1,96649
1998#2781,121#1,57467
1997#2841,012#1,90848
1996#322869#1,58662
1995#2721,004#1,50863
1994#2391,167#1,42168
1993#2541,092#1,40768
1992#2281,205#1,32872
1991#2301,235#1,38267
1990#2181,314#1,11792
1989#2311,187#1,33667
1988#2241,170#1,10881
1987#2341,151#1,03085
1986#2211,199#1,05478
1985#2241,168#1,05077
1984#2041,299#1,02276
1983#2061,228#1,04971
1982#2071,315#1,08870
1981#1881,446#851107
1980#1831,461#894100
1979#1721,609#1,01177
1978#1821,428#836105
1977#1661,630#86995
1976#1591,616#85395
1975#1511,775#774114
1974#1571,749#84191
1973#1561,757#772106
1972#1441,968#719123
1971#1532,139#733126
1970#1522,202#727127
1969#1492,200#661142
1968#1412,270#614153
1967#1572,173#646133
1966#1632,122#635135
1965#1652,148#605159
1964#1642,376#594177
1963#1682,347#603169
1962#1702,411#580182
1961#1692,401#536221
1960#1672,440#587176
1959#1742,215#516232
1958#1772,120#517224
1957#1722,218#502237
1956#1662,207#520210
1955#1692,048#526194
1954#1841,785#496214
1953#1851,725#471220
1952#1841,608#496202
1951#1841,567#477201
1950#1861,460#474199
1949#1891,455#445224
1948#2041,309#435235
1947#2121,237#438234
1946#2181,071#434213
1945#218872#455170
1944#210942#431201
1943#2041,036#408229
1942#206991#374264
1941#195956#380231
1940#211823#385219
1939#214776#403201
1938#213793#399203
1937#216775#377215
1936#199847#379208
1935#206830#372211
1934#208852#364224
1933#208832#330266
1932#205886#363235
1931#196934#352246
1930#1841,044#336274
1929#1871,066#340270
1928#1991,017#307329
1927#1991,019#318327
1926#202956#316322
1925#209939#311335
1924#207942#308344
1923#209925#334303
1922#231783#323317
1921#234776#333316
1920#237757#341292
1919#255632#360256
1918#254637#346273
1917#264559#346258
1916#270508#313276
1915#267483#370211
1914#269374#357173
1913#269300#378124
1912#297231#39395
1911#273199#37256
1910#288181#42141
1909#287157#50526
1908#321122#77912
1907#311125#48623
1906#286135#50320
1905#35489#69912
1904#36580#68612
1903#32690#69611
1902#36875#1,1375
1901#34976#59612
1900#35291#83610
1899#47638#66110
1898#39063#8048
1897#39753#1,0575
1896#41748#8268
1895#54729#1,0795
1894#39949#1,0745
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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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #106 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 419 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedNHWashington: #285 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,628 girlsWAIdaho: #246 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,084 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #332 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,498 girlsMNIllinois: #266 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,582 girlsILWisconsin: #220 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,355 girlsWIMichigan: #204 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,208 girlsMINew York: #213 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 1,294 girlsNYMassachusetts: #208 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedRIOregon: #315 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,873 girlsORNevada: #198 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 889 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #131 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 511 girlsSDIowa: #330 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,215 girlsIAIndiana: #268 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,833 girlsINOhio: #361 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,699 girlsOHPennsylvania: #315 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,152 girlsPANew Jersey: #278 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,796 girlsNJConnecticut: #225 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,426 girlsCTCalifornia: #165 for girls · 316 births · 1 in 828 girlsCAUtah: #407 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,215 girlsUTColorado: #321 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,893 girlsCONebraska: #174 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 888 girlsNEMissouri: #288 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,910 girlsMOKentucky: #250 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,533 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedWVVirginia: #273 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,757 girlsVAMaryland: #434 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,068 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedDEArizona: #223 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,122 girlsAZNew Mexico: #271 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,172 girlsNMKansas: #316 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,909 girlsKSArkansas: #145 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 669 girlsARTennessee: #274 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,789 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #213 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,286 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #271 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,606 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #151 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 586 girlsDCOklahoma: #349 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,132 girlsOKLouisiana: #282 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,566 girlsLAMississippi: #255 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,346 girlsMSAlabama: #171 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 959 girlsALGeorgia: #201 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,196 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Carmen, so not publishedHITexas: #211 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 1,166 girlsTXFlorida: #259 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#106 · 1 in 419
  2. South Dakota#131 · 1 in 511
  3. Arkansas#145 · 1 in 669
  4. District of Columbia#151 · 1 in 586
  5. California#165 · 1 in 828

Best ever in a state: #3 in Arizona, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#10681 in 419
South Dakota#13171 in 511
Arkansas#145181 in 669
District of Columbia#151101 in 586
California#1653161 in 828
Alabama#171231 in 959
Nebraska#174101 in 888
Nevada#19881 in 889
Georgia#201351 in 1,196
Michigan#204501 in 1,208
Massachusetts#208311 in 1,171
Texas#2111171 in 1,166
New York#213921 in 1,294
North Carolina#213311 in 1,286
Wisconsin#220211 in 1,355
Arizona#223231 in 1,122
Connecticut#225131 in 1,426
Idaho#24651 in 1,084
Kentucky#250141 in 1,533
Mississippi#255101 in 1,346
Florida#259451 in 1,697
Illinois#266491 in 1,582
Indiana#268191 in 1,833
New Mexico#27181 in 1,172
South Carolina#271121 in 1,606
Virginia#273211 in 1,757
Tennessee#274171 in 1,789
New Jersey#278261 in 1,796
Louisiana#282161 in 1,566
Washington#285191 in 1,628
Missouri#288171 in 1,910
Oregon#31591 in 1,873
Pennsylvania#315331 in 2,152
Kansas#31671 in 1,909
Colorado#321111 in 1,893
Iowa#33071 in 2,215
Minnesota#332111 in 2,498
Oklahoma#34981 in 2,132
Ohio#361261 in 2,699
Utah#40761 in 2,215
Maryland#43491 in 3,068
Delaware———
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Maine———
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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.

See more about Carmen
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s141#428 (1885)#586
1890s419#390 (1898)#442
1900s1,040#286 (1906)#332
1910s4,104#254 (1918)#271
1920s9,180#187 (1929)#211
1930s8,569#184 (1930)#205
1940s10,692#189 (1949)#207
1950s18,953#166 (1956)#178
1960s22,888#141 (1968)#161
1970s17,873#144 (1972)#159
1980s12,624#183 (1980)#212
1990s11,158#218 (1990)#260
2000s12,217#239 (2004)#270
2010s8,556#314 (2010)#378
2020s4,381#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 1991

girls
#230
1,235 births · 1 in 1,518 girls
boys
#1,382
67 births · 1 in 30,154 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #230Carmen1,235

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #1,382Carmen67
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 1,518 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 98.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmen
  1. #227Tamara1,262
  2. #228Cara1,259
  3. #229Barbara1,239
  4. #230Carmen1,235
  5. #231Robin1,233
  6. #232Jacquelyn1,212
  7. #233Devon1,205
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 30,154 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 85.7% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmen
  1. #1,368Rashaun68
  2. #1,368Sedrick68
  3. #1,368Tim68
  4. #1,382Carmen67
  5. #1,382Argenis67
  6. #1,382Armani67
  7. #1,382Arnaldo67
  8. #1,396Bob66
  9. #1,396Bradlee66
  10. #1,396Christofer66

Tied with 13 names at #1,382; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →