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 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 192,220 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 22.9% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,743Zenola7
- #3,743Zenora7
- #3,743Zoa7
- #4,195Carmine6
- #4,195Ader6
- #4,195Adina6
- #4,195Agusta6
- #4,725Adamae5
- #4,725Adelma5
- #4,725Adlena5
Tied with 529 names at #4,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 5,176 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.