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
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 105 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,950since 1891
Carmine over time
Rank among boys' names. Carmine has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #13,208 | 6 | #1,034 | 214 |
| 2024 | — | #1,099 | 196 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,283 | 150 |
| 2022 | — | #1,278 | 151 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,291 | 147 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,347 | 132 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,515 | 112 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,385 | 127 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,402 | 125 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,373 | 129 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,223 | 150 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,188 | 155 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,315 | 131 |
| 2012 | — | #1,346 | 126 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,206 | 146 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,267 | 137 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,134 | 162 |
| 2008 | — | #1,074 | 174 | |
| 2007 | — | #934 | 212 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #789 | 262 |
| 2005 | — | #886 | 205 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,934 | 63 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,269 | 47 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,277 | 44 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,162 | 43 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,094 | 44 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,347 | 35 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,842 | 49 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,682 | 53 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,795 | 48 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,850 | 45 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,884 | 43 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,615 | 51 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | — | #1,307 | 62 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,248 | 61 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,269 | 58 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,282 | 56 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,198 | 58 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,153 | 61 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,140 | 64 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,334 | 49 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,070 | 71 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,040 | 72 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,299 | 48 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,064 | 66 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #998 | 69 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,029 | 64 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,099 | 56 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #879 | 82 |
| 1972 | — | #988 | 67 | |
| 1971 | — | #828 | 95 | |
| 1970 | — | #776 | 113 | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #873 | 77 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #779 | 90 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #713 | 108 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #730 | 102 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #749 | 98 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #715 | 116 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #673 | 135 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #715 | 115 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #687 | 124 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #709 | 122 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #710 | 117 |
| 1958 | — | #670 | 128 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #685 | 124 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #679 | 123 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #690 | 114 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #699 | 107 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #644 | 122 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #660 | 109 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #618 | 131 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #612 | 125 |
| 1949 | — | #585 | 133 | |
| 1948 | — | #584 | 131 | |
| 1947 | — | #611 | 124 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #577 | 124 |
| 1945 | — | #624 | 94 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #579 | 112 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #550 | 130 |
| 1942 | — | #543 | 127 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #516 | 131 |
| 1940 | — | #579 | 105 | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #551 | 109 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #495 | 137 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #541 | 115 |
| 1936 | — | #480 | 138 | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #486 | 136 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #471 | 144 |
| 1933 | — | #481 | 136 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #433 | 168 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #410 | 188 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #418 | 199 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #438 | 182 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #413 | 214 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #409 | 218 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #432 | 197 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #408 | 213 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #415 | 217 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #397 | 225 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #396 | 230 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #413 | 216 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #403 | 214 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #409 | 202 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #422 | 190 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #438 | 166 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #406 | 186 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #410 | 172 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #404 | 138 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #406 | 113 |
| 1912 | — | #377 | 105 | |
| 1911 | — | #404 | 50 | |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #505 | 26 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #540 | 20 |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Carmine is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#95 · 1 in 594
- New York#112 · 1 in 746
- Rhode Island#117 · 1 in 900
- Connecticut#146 · 1 in 1,601
- Massachusetts#257 · 1 in 3,798
Best ever in a state: #76 in Rhode Island, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #95 | 50 | 1 in 594 |
| New York | #112 | 124 | 1 in 746 |
| Rhode Island | #117 | 6 | 1 in 900 |
| Connecticut | #146 | 8 | 1 in 1,601 |
| Massachusetts | #257 | 9 | 1 in 3,798 |
| Pennsylvania | #388 | 11 | 1 in 8,097 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Carmine
- 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)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1912 at #377 (105 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 66 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1900–1973
- 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%)
- 15.2% of all boys named Carmine (2,126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 22 | #766 (1891) | #987 |
| 1900s | 148 | #505 (1909) | #674 |
| 1910s | 1,345 | #377 (1912) | #427 |
| 1920s | 2,126 | #396 (1922) | #412 |
| 1930s | 1,470 | #410 (1931) | #477 |
| 1940s | 1,211 | #516 (1941) | #575 |
| 1950s | 1,200 | #612 (1950) | #667 |
| 1960s | 1,087 | #673 (1963) | #734 |
| 1970s | 732 | #776 (1970) | #1,000 |
| 1980s | 583 | #1,070 (1980) | #1,277 |
| 1990s | 455 | #1,615 (1990) | #1,907 |
| 2000s | 1,243 | #789 (2006) | #1,641 |
| 2010s | 1,338 | #1,188 (2014) | #1,322 |
| 2020s | 990 | #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 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 112,096 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 49.9% 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).
- #2,762Wladyslawa12
- #2,762Yoneko12
- #2,762Zenith12
- #2,941Carmine11
- #2,941Abby11
- #2,941Adean11
- #2,941Adelaida11
- #3,164Adalene10
- #3,164Adelfa10
- #3,164Ala10
Tied with 222 names at #2,941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 5,099 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 91.7% 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).