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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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 1951

girls
#4,385
7 births · 1 in 257,266 girls
boys
#618
131 births · 1 in 14,373 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #4,385Carmine7

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #618Carmine131
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 257,266 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 29.4% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmine
  1. #4,011Young8
  2. #4,011Zadie8
  3. #4,011Zeda8
  4. #4,385Carmine7
  5. #4,385Adelene7
  6. #4,385Adonna7
  7. #4,385Adra7
  8. #4,833Adah6
  9. #4,833Adelfa6
  10. #4,833Agapita6

Tied with 447 names at #4,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 14,373 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 85.5% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmine
  1. #614Reggie132
  2. #614Stevie132
  3. #614Wilford132
  4. #618Carmine131
  5. #619Emilio130
  6. #620Arlen129
  7. #620Lindsey129
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951