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

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Peak · boys
1912 · 105 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,950
since 1891

Carmine over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Carmine has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #377, 1912boys
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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#13,2086#1,034214
2024#1,099196
2023#13,4626#1,283150
2022#1,278151
2021#1,291147
2020#1,347132
2019#1,515112
2018#1,385127
2017#1,402125
2016#1,373129
2015#1,223150
2014#16,5135#1,188155
2013#16,5475#1,315131
2012#1,346126
2011#1,206146
2010#1,267137
2009#15,2426#1,134162
2008#1,074174
2007#934212
2006#17,1685#789262
2005#886205
2004#1,93463
2003#2,26947
2002#2,63236
2001#2,27744
2000#2,47638
1999#2,16243
1998#2,09444
1997#2,34735
1996#1,84249
1995#1,68253
1994#1,79548
1993#1,85045
1992#1,88443
1991#1,79844
1990#1,61551
1989#10,8476#1,76643
1988#1,30762
1987#1,24861
1986#1,26958
1985#1,28256
1984#1,19858
1983#1,15361
1982#1,14064
1981#1,33449
1980#1,07071
1979#10,2105#1,04072
1978#8,5626#1,29948
1977#5,88810#1,06466
1976#9,2845#99869
1975#9,0675#1,02964
1974#8,7755#1,09956
1973#5,19110#87982
1972#98867
1971#82895
1970#776113
1969#5,0579#87377
1968#3,78913#77990
1967#4,6259#713108
1966#4,19810#730102
1965#4,8318#74998
1964#5,4747#715116
1963#4,8968#673135
1962#6,5785#715115
1961#4,00911#687124
1960#3,92011#709122
1959#5,5666#710117
1958#670128
1957#5,3776#685124
1956#3,32113#679123
1955#3,37712#690114
1954#3,9679#699107
1953#3,68710#644122
1952#4,4837#660109
1951#4,3857#618131
1950#4,7386#612125
1949#585133
1948#584131
1947#611124
1946#4,4176#577124
1945#62494
1944#4,5745#579112
1943#3,2499#550130
1942#543127
1941#3,9546#516131
1940#579105
1939#2,73610#551109
1938#2,57911#495137
1937#3,8006#541115
1936#480138
1935#2,9269#486136
1934#3,4497#471144
1933#481136
1932#3,2748#433168
1931#2,75010#410188
1930#3,3458#418199
1929#3,3948#438182
1928#4,1956#413214
1927#3,2849#409218
1926#3,5648#432197
1925#3,11610#408213
1924#3,3939#415217
1923#4,9675#397225
1922#4,0117#396230
1921#2,94111#413216
1920#2,73112#403214
1919#4,8145#409202
1918#2,51913#422190
1917#4,0836#438166
1916#3,9196#406186
1915#3,4347#410172
1914#2,8767#404138
1913#2,8276#406113
1912#377105
1911#40450
1910#59823
1909#50526
1908#61318
1907#2,0615#54020
1906#64014
1905#52519
1904#61214
1903#59514
1902#9337
1901#9436
1900#83610
1899#1,0515
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891#7667
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1891

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.

See more about Carmine
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1912 at #377 (105 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 66 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1900–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,095
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.2% of all boys named Carmine (2,126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s22#766 (1891)#987
1900s148#505 (1909)#674
1910s1,345#377 (1912)#427
1920s2,126#396 (1922)#412
1930s1,470#410 (1931)#477
1940s1,211#516 (1941)#575
1950s1,200#612 (1950)#667
1960s1,087#673 (1963)#734
1970s732#776 (1970)#1,000
1980s583#1,070 (1980)#1,277
1990s455#1,615 (1990)#1,907
2000s1,243#789 (2006)#1,641
2010s1,338#1,188 (2014)#1,322
2020s990#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 1920

girls
#2,731
12 births · 1 in 99,857 girls
boys
#403
214 births · 1 in 4,974 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #2,731Carmine12

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #403Carmine214
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 99,857 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 52.6% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmine
  1. #2,590Wynelle13
  2. #2,590Zela13
  3. #2,590Zulema13
  4. #2,731Carmine12
  5. #2,731Adelyne12
  6. #2,731Aldonia12
  7. #2,731Alfreida12
  8. #2,899Ailie11
  9. #2,899Alee11
  10. #2,899Aletta11

Tied with 167 names at #2,731; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 4,974 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmine
  1. #399Van217
  2. #401Luis216
  3. #401Sanford216
  4. #403Carmine214
  5. #404Rolland213
  6. #405Winston211
  7. #406Ambrose209
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920