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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #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 1957

girls
#5,377
6 births · 1 in 340,809 girls
boys
#685
124 births · 1 in 17,397 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #5,377Carmine6

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #685Carmine124
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 340,809 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 23.3% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmine
  1. #4,918Zenia7
  2. #4,918Zonda7
  3. #4,918Zondra7
  4. #5,377Carmine6
  5. #5,377Abbye6
  6. #5,377Adam6
  7. #5,377Adelfa6
  8. #6,086Adrean5
  9. #6,086Agustina5
  10. #6,086Aisha5

Tied with 708 names at #5,377; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 17,397 of them was named Carmine, which outranked 85.0% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmine
  1. #681Charley125
  2. #681Hollis125
  3. #681Jarvis125
  4. #685Carmine124
  5. #685Gil124
  6. #685Harris124
  7. #685Santiago124
  8. #689Davis123
  9. #689Kirt123
  10. #689Xavier123

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957