Carmen
#389 for girls in 2025, 798 births · #1,621 for boys in 2025, 104 births
Given to girls 89.4% of the time
- 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
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 | #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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Carmen
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1968 at #141 (2,270 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1881–2025
- Highest: 1 in 723 girls born in 1968 were named Carmen (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,014 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 16.0% of all girls named Carmen (22,888) were born in this decade
- 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 1898
Top girls' names in 1898
Top boys' names in 1898
More about 1898
girls
258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 4,107 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 80.3% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 15,336 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 37.6% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).