Carmen

#389 for girls in 2025, 798 births · #1,621 for boys in 2025, 104 births
Given to girls 89.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
#141
1968 · 2,270 births
Debut · girls
1881
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
142,795
since 1881

Carmen over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #141, 1968peak #307, 1928girlsboys
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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#389798#1,621104
2024#417751#1,90283
2023#435712#2,57551
2022#453696#3,69130
2021#437716#4,01126
2020#433708#4,69820
2019#428743#3,71629
2018#431733#5,10618
2017#409776#5,29717
2016#400830#3,44132
2015#380859#4,29523
2014#383855#4,26323
2013#358881#3,86426
2012#332943#3,71428
2011#349919#3,00038
2010#3141,017#3,07237
2009#3011,106#3,91926
2008#2621,312#2,82842
2007#2751,244#2,68445
2006#2571,284#2,54247
2005#2681,227#2,20654
2004#2391,363#2,84336
2003#2541,291#2,26947
2002#3061,020#1,81763
2001#2671,175#2,52038
2000#2701,195#1,71366
1999#2761,139#1,96649
1998#2781,121#1,57467
1997#2841,012#1,90848
1996#322869#1,58662
1995#2721,004#1,50863
1994#2391,167#1,42168
1993#2541,092#1,40768
1992#2281,205#1,32872
1991#2301,235#1,38267
1990#2181,314#1,11792
1989#2311,187#1,33667
1988#2241,170#1,10881
1987#2341,151#1,03085
1986#2211,199#1,05478
1985#2241,168#1,05077
1984#2041,299#1,02276
1983#2061,228#1,04971
1982#2071,315#1,08870
1981#1881,446#851107
1980#1831,461#894100
1979#1721,609#1,01177
1978#1821,428#836105
1977#1661,630#86995
1976#1591,616#85395
1975#1511,775#774114
1974#1571,749#84191
1973#1561,757#772106
1972#1441,968#719123
1971#1532,139#733126
1970#1522,202#727127
1969#1492,200#661142
1968#1412,270#614153
1967#1572,173#646133
1966#1632,122#635135
1965#1652,148#605159
1964#1642,376#594177
1963#1682,347#603169
1962#1702,411#580182
1961#1692,401#536221
1960#1672,440#587176
1959#1742,215#516232
1958#1772,120#517224
1957#1722,218#502237
1956#1662,207#520210
1955#1692,048#526194
1954#1841,785#496214
1953#1851,725#471220
1952#1841,608#496202
1951#1841,567#477201
1950#1861,460#474199
1949#1891,455#445224
1948#2041,309#435235
1947#2121,237#438234
1946#2181,071#434213
1945#218872#455170
1944#210942#431201
1943#2041,036#408229
1942#206991#374264
1941#195956#380231
1940#211823#385219
1939#214776#403201
1938#213793#399203
1937#216775#377215
1936#199847#379208
1935#206830#372211
1934#208852#364224
1933#208832#330266
1932#205886#363235
1931#196934#352246
1930#1841,044#336274
1929#1871,066#340270
1928#1991,017#307329
1927#1991,019#318327
1926#202956#316322
1925#209939#311335
1924#207942#308344
1923#209925#334303
1922#231783#323317
1921#234776#333316
1920#237757#341292
1919#255632#360256
1918#254637#346273
1917#264559#346258
1916#270508#313276
1915#267483#370211
1914#269374#357173
1913#269300#378124
1912#297231#39395
1911#273199#37256
1910#288181#42141
1909#287157#50526
1908#321122#77912
1907#311125#48623
1906#286135#50320
1905#35489#69912
1904#36580#68612
1903#32690#69611
1902#36875#1,1375
1901#34976#59612
1900#35291#83610
1899#47638#66110
1898#39063#8048
1897#39753#1,0575
1896#41748#8268
1895#54729#1,0795
1894#39949#1,0745
1893#43339—
1892#41341—
1891#45731—
1890#49128—
1889#47527—
1888#48626—
1887#66112—
1886#55616—
1885#42824—
1884#55614—
1883#6928—
1882#7407—
1881#6797—
1880——
First appearance
1881

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1968 at #141 (2,270 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1881–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 723
  • Highest: 1 in 723 girls born in 1968 were named Carmen (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,014 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 16.0% of all girls named Carmen (22,888) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s141#428 (1885)#586
1890s419#390 (1898)#442
1900s1,040#286 (1906)#332
1910s4,104#254 (1918)#271
1920s9,180#187 (1929)#211
1930s8,569#184 (1930)#205
1940s10,692#189 (1949)#207
1950s18,953#166 (1956)#178
1960s22,888#141 (1968)#161
1970s17,873#144 (1972)#159
1980s12,624#183 (1980)#212
1990s11,158#218 (1990)#260
2000s12,217#239 (2004)#270
2010s8,556#314 (2010)#378
2020s4,381#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 1998

girls
#278
1,121 births · 1 in 1,576 girls
boys
#1,574
67 births · 1 in 28,528 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #278Carmen1,121

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #1,574Carmen67
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 1,576 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 98.3% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmen
  1. #275Anne1,134
  2. #276Rosa1,125
  3. #277Sadie1,123
  4. #278Carmen1,121
  5. #279Kailey1,114
  6. #280Meredith1,111
  7. #281Tabitha1,110
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 28,528 of them was named Carmen, which outranked 86.1% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmen
  1. #1,558Richie68
  2. #1,558Tyreese68
  3. #1,558Willem68
  4. #1,574Carmen67
  5. #1,574Darious67
  6. #1,574Dyllon67
  7. #1,574Geovanny67
  8. #1,585Aleksander66
  9. #1,585Basil66
  10. #1,585Corban66

Tied with 10 names at #1,574; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →