Carmine

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #1,034 for boys in 2025, 214 births
Given to boys 96.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1912 · 105 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,950
since 1891

Carmine over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Carmine has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #377, 1912boys
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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#13,2086#1,034214
2024—#1,099196
2023#13,4626#1,283150
2022—#1,278151
2021—#1,291147
2020—#1,347132
2019—#1,515112
2018—#1,385127
2017—#1,402125
2016—#1,373129
2015—#1,223150
2014#16,5135#1,188155
2013#16,5475#1,315131
2012—#1,346126
2011—#1,206146
2010—#1,267137
2009#15,2426#1,134162
2008—#1,074174
2007—#934212
2006#17,1685#789262
2005—#886205
2004—#1,93463
2003—#2,26947
2002—#2,63236
2001—#2,27744
2000—#2,47638
1999—#2,16243
1998—#2,09444
1997—#2,34735
1996—#1,84249
1995—#1,68253
1994—#1,79548
1993—#1,85045
1992—#1,88443
1991—#1,79844
1990—#1,61551
1989#10,8476#1,76643
1988—#1,30762
1987—#1,24861
1986—#1,26958
1985—#1,28256
1984—#1,19858
1983—#1,15361
1982—#1,14064
1981—#1,33449
1980—#1,07071
1979#10,2105#1,04072
1978#8,5626#1,29948
1977#5,88810#1,06466
1976#9,2845#99869
1975#9,0675#1,02964
1974#8,7755#1,09956
1973#5,19110#87982
1972—#98867
1971—#82895
1970—#776113
1969#5,0579#87377
1968#3,78913#77990
1967#4,6259#713108
1966#4,19810#730102
1965#4,8318#74998
1964#5,4747#715116
1963#4,8968#673135
1962#6,5785#715115
1961#4,00911#687124
1960#3,92011#709122
1959#5,5666#710117
1958—#670128
1957#5,3776#685124
1956#3,32113#679123
1955#3,37712#690114
1954#3,9679#699107
1953#3,68710#644122
1952#4,4837#660109
1951#4,3857#618131
1950#4,7386#612125
1949—#585133
1948—#584131
1947—#611124
1946#4,4176#577124
1945—#62494
1944#4,5745#579112
1943#3,2499#550130
1942—#543127
1941#3,9546#516131
1940—#579105
1939#2,73610#551109
1938#2,57911#495137
1937#3,8006#541115
1936—#480138
1935#2,9269#486136
1934#3,4497#471144
1933—#481136
1932#3,2748#433168
1931#2,75010#410188
1930#3,3458#418199
1929#3,3948#438182
1928#4,1956#413214
1927#3,2849#409218
1926#3,5648#432197
1925#3,11610#408213
1924#3,3939#415217
1923#4,9675#397225
1922#4,0117#396230
1921#2,94111#413216
1920#2,73112#403214
1919#4,8145#409202
1918#2,51913#422190
1917#4,0836#438166
1916#3,9196#406186
1915#3,4347#410172
1914#2,8767#404138
1913#2,8276#406113
1912—#377105
1911—#40450
1910—#59823
1909—#50526
1908—#61318
1907#2,0615#54020
1906—#64014
1905—#52519
1904—#61214
1903—#59514
1902—#9337
1901—#9436
1900—#83610
1899—#1,0515
1898——
1897—#1,0575
1896——
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1894—#1,0745
1893——
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1891—#7667
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five boys were named Carmine! It came in at #766, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Carmine is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Carmine
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 65 spots since 2024 (#1,099 → #1,034)
  • 313 spots since 2020 (#1,347 → #1,034)
  • 189 spots since 2015 (#1,223 → #1,034)
  • Biggest jump: 1,048 spots in 2005 (#1,934 → #886)
  • Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1974 (#879 → #1,099)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1912 at #377 (105 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 66 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1900–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,095
  • Highest: 1 in 4,095 boys born in 1912 were named Carmine (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,982 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.2% of all boys named Carmine (2,126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s22#766 (1891)#987
1900s148#505 (1909)#674
1910s1,345#377 (1912)#427
1920s2,126#396 (1922)#412
1930s1,470#410 (1931)#477
1940s1,211#516 (1941)#575
1950s1,200#612 (1950)#667
1960s1,087#673 (1963)#734
1970s732#776 (1970)#1,000
1980s583#1,070 (1980)#1,277
1990s455#1,615 (1990)#1,907
2000s1,243#789 (2006)#1,641
2010s1,338#1,188 (2014)#1,322
2020s990#1,034 (2025)#1,222

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carmine in 1909

boys
#505
26 births · 1 in 6,308 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #505Carmine26
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 6,308 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 69.9% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmine
  1. #496Tomas27
  2. #496Valentine27
  3. #496Wilburn27
  4. #505Carmine26
  5. #505Carmen26
  6. #505Dorothy26
  7. #505Emmet26
  8. #519Doyle25
  9. #519Dudley25
  10. #519Ethel25

Tied with 13 names at #505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →