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
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 105 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,950since 1891
Carmine over time
Rank among boys' names. Carmine has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #13,208 | 6 | #1,034 | 214 |
| 2024 | — | #1,099 | 196 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,283 | 150 |
| 2022 | — | #1,278 | 151 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,291 | 147 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,347 | 132 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,515 | 112 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,385 | 127 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,402 | 125 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,373 | 129 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,223 | 150 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,188 | 155 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,315 | 131 |
| 2012 | — | #1,346 | 126 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,206 | 146 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,267 | 137 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,134 | 162 |
| 2008 | — | #1,074 | 174 | |
| 2007 | — | #934 | 212 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #789 | 262 |
| 2005 | — | #886 | 205 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,934 | 63 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,269 | 47 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,277 | 44 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,162 | 43 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,094 | 44 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,347 | 35 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,842 | 49 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,682 | 53 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,795 | 48 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,850 | 45 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,884 | 43 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,615 | 51 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | — | #1,307 | 62 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,248 | 61 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,269 | 58 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,282 | 56 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,198 | 58 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,153 | 61 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,140 | 64 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,334 | 49 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,070 | 71 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,040 | 72 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,299 | 48 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,064 | 66 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #998 | 69 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,029 | 64 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,099 | 56 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #879 | 82 |
| 1972 | — | #988 | 67 | |
| 1971 | — | #828 | 95 | |
| 1970 | — | #776 | 113 | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #873 | 77 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #779 | 90 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #713 | 108 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #730 | 102 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #749 | 98 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #715 | 116 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #673 | 135 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #715 | 115 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #687 | 124 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #709 | 122 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #710 | 117 |
| 1958 | — | #670 | 128 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #685 | 124 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #679 | 123 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #690 | 114 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #699 | 107 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #644 | 122 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #660 | 109 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #618 | 131 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #612 | 125 |
| 1949 | — | #585 | 133 | |
| 1948 | — | #584 | 131 | |
| 1947 | — | #611 | 124 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #577 | 124 |
| 1945 | — | #624 | 94 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #579 | 112 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #550 | 130 |
| 1942 | — | #543 | 127 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #516 | 131 |
| 1940 | — | #579 | 105 | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #551 | 109 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #495 | 137 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #541 | 115 |
| 1936 | — | #480 | 138 | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #486 | 136 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #471 | 144 |
| 1933 | — | #481 | 136 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #433 | 168 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #410 | 188 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #418 | 199 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #438 | 182 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #413 | 214 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #409 | 218 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #432 | 197 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #408 | 213 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #415 | 217 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #397 | 225 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #396 | 230 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #413 | 216 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #403 | 214 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #409 | 202 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #422 | 190 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #438 | 166 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #406 | 186 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #410 | 172 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #404 | 138 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #406 | 113 |
| 1912 | — | #377 | 105 | |
| 1911 | — | #404 | 50 | |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #505 | 26 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #540 | 20 |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#317 · 1 in 3,059
- New York#382 · 1 in 3,942
Best ever in a state: #76 in Rhode Island, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #317 | 14 | 1 in 3,059 |
| New York | #382 | 29 | 1 in 3,942 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Carmine
- 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)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1912 at #377 (105 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 66 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1900–1973
- 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%)
- 15.2% of all boys named Carmine (2,126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 22 | #766 (1891) | #987 |
| 1900s | 148 | #505 (1909) | #674 |
| 1910s | 1,345 | #377 (1912) | #427 |
| 1920s | 2,126 | #396 (1922) | #412 |
| 1930s | 1,470 | #410 (1931) | #477 |
| 1940s | 1,211 | #516 (1941) | #575 |
| 1950s | 1,200 | #612 (1950) | #667 |
| 1960s | 1,087 | #673 (1963) | #734 |
| 1970s | 732 | #776 (1970) | #1,000 |
| 1980s | 583 | #1,070 (1980) | #1,277 |
| 1990s | 455 | #1,615 (1990) | #1,907 |
| 2000s | 1,243 | #789 (2006) | #1,641 |
| 2010s | 1,338 | #1,188 (2014) | #1,322 |
| 2020s | 990 | #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 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 293,507 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 14.4% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,472 names at #8,775; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 28,077 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 81.7% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,091Merlin57
- #1,091Orville57
- #1,091Rasheed57
- #1,099Carmine56
- #1,099Amir56
- #1,099Emerson56
- #1,099Homero56
- #1,109Jerad55
- #1,109Jodie55
- #1,109Loyd55
Tied with 9 names at #1,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.