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.
Where Carmen is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#8 · 1 in 60
- New Mexico#20 · 1 in 126
- California#46 · 1 in 201
- Colorado#88 · 1 in 346
- Texas#92 · 1 in 418
Best ever in a state: #3 in Arizona, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #8 | 59 | 1 in 60 |
| New Mexico | #20 | 34 | 1 in 126 |
| California | #46 | 152 | 1 in 201 |
| Colorado | #88 | 27 | 1 in 346 |
| Texas | #92 | 141 | 1 in 418 |
| Florida | #140 | 19 | 1 in 596 |
| Maine | #163 | 9 | 1 in 751 |
| South Dakota | #175 | 7 | 1 in 974 |
| Kansas | #189 | 17 | 1 in 1,033 |
| Connecticut | #202 | 8 | 1 in 1,727 |
| Minnesota | #208 | 16 | 1 in 1,487 |
| New York | #220 | 58 | 1 in 1,740 |
| Louisiana | #253 | 17 | 1 in 1,379 |
| Massachusetts | #260 | 11 | 1 in 3,361 |
| New Jersey | #260 | 10 | 1 in 3,180 |
| Iowa | #266 | 10 | 1 in 2,283 |
| Wisconsin | #272 | 10 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Michigan | #280 | 14 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Missouri | #286 | 15 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Oklahoma | #305 | 13 | 1 in 2,024 |
| Nebraska | #320 | 5 | 1 in 2,600 |
| Pennsylvania | #349 | 18 | 1 in 5,583 |
| Arkansas | #362 | 8 | 1 in 2,618 |
| Illinois | #373 | 13 | 1 in 4,701 |
| Mississippi | #376 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Indiana | #379 | 6 | 1 in 4,602 |
| West Virginia | #403 | 5 | 1 in 4,068 |
| Ohio | #415 | 9 | 1 in 6,326 |
| Tennessee | #443 | 6 | 1 in 4,738 |
| Kentucky | #480 | 6 | 1 in 5,262 |
| Georgia | #533 | 5 | 1 in 7,306 |
| North Carolina | #547 | 5 | 1 in 7,789 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 1,589 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 96.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 3,486 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 93.3% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.