Carman
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #9,392
Given to girls 68.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 72 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,407since 1914
Carman over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #1,694 | 57 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #1,838 | 50 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #1,374 | 72 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #1,546 | 63 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,354 | 77 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,499 | 62 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #1,375 | 66 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #1,640 | 48 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #1,448 | 58 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #1,319 | 72 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #1,561 | 51 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #1,585 | 47 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #1,842 | 35 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #1,428 | 26 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #1,404 | 27 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,827 | 19 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | — | #1,206 | 30 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,241 | 28 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Carman! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Carman
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1964 at #1,319 (72 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,253 girls born in 1973 were named Carman (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,319 in 1964, was only 1 in 26,317 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.4% of all girls named Carman (540) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1953, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | #3,244 (1918) | #3,660 |
| 1920s | 96 | #2,098 (1929) | #3,401 |
| 1930s | 108 | #2,095 (1935) | #2,777 |
| 1940s | 145 | #1,965 (1940) | #2,528 |
| 1950s | 293 | #1,585 (1959) | #2,035 |
| 1960s | 540 | #1,319 (1964) | #1,556 |
| 1970s | 535 | #1,354 (1970) | #1,829 |
| 1980s | 262 | #2,451 (1982) | #3,503 |
| 1990s | 197 | #4,120 (1990) | #5,062 |
| 2000s | 136 | #5,208 (2004) | #8,609 |
| 2010s | 55 | #8,701 (2010) | #12,581 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,592 (2022) | #13,592 |
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.
Carman in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 54,368 of them was named Carman, which outranked 74.5% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,762Sherlyn38
- #1,762Vada38
- #1,762Wanita38
- #1,791Carman37
- #1,791Armida37
- #1,791Brunilda37
- #1,791Camellia37
- #1,820Albertha36
- #1,820Arletha36
- #1,820Bruce36
Tied with 28 names at #1,791; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 265,301 of them was named Carman, which outranked 32.6% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).