Carmen*
#260 most common girls' name of all time · #481 across all names · 11% male / 89% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#260
Rank overall
#481 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
159,756
Since 2016
7,873
Peak year
1961 #169
Best rank
#141 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 2,622/yr
Carmen first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 798 | 104 | 902 | #389 |
| 2024 | 751 | 83 | 834 | #417 |
| 2023 | 712 | 51 | 763 | #435 |
| 2022 | 696 | 30 | 726 | #453 |
| 2021 | 716 | 26 | 742 | #437 |
| 2020 | 708 | 20 | 728 | #433 |
| 2019 | 743 | 29 | 772 | #429 |
| 2018 | 733 | 18 | 751 | #431 |
| 2017 | 776 | 17 | 793 | #409 |
| 2016 | 830 | 32 | 862 | #400 |
| 2015 | 859 | 23 | 882 | #380 |
| 2014 | 855 | 23 | 878 | #383 |
| 2013 | 881 | 26 | 907 | #358 |
| 2012 | 943 | 28 | 971 | #332 |
| 2011 | 919 | 38 | 957 | #349 |
| 2010 | 1,017 | 37 | 1,054 | #314 |
| 2009 | 1,106 | 26 | 1,132 | #302 |
| 2008 | 1,312 | 42 | 1,354 | #262 |
| 2007 | 1,244 | 45 | 1,289 | #275 |
| 2006 | 1,284 | 47 | 1,331 | #257 |
| 2005 | 1,227 | 54 | 1,281 | #268 |
| 2004 | 1,363 | 36 | 1,399 | #239 |
| 2003 | 1,291 | 47 | 1,338 | #254 |
| 2002 | 1,020 | 63 | 1,083 | #306 |
| 2001 | 1,175 | 38 | 1,213 | #267 |
| 2000 | 1,195 | 66 | 1,261 | #270 |
| 1999 | 1,139 | 49 | 1,188 | #276 |
| 1998 | 1,121 | 67 | 1,188 | #278 |
| 1997 | 1,012 | 48 | 1,060 | #284 |
| 1996 | 869 | 62 | 931 | #322 |
| 1995 | 1,004 | 63 | 1,067 | #272 |
| 1994 | 1,167 | 68 | 1,235 | #239 |
| 1993 | 1,092 | 68 | 1,160 | #254 |
| 1992 | 1,205 | 72 | 1,277 | #228 |
| 1991 | 1,235 | 67 | 1,302 | #230 |
| 1990 | 1,314 | 92 | 1,406 | #218 |
| 1989 | 1,187 | 67 | 1,254 | #231 |
| 1988 | 1,170 | 81 | 1,251 | #224 |
| 1987 | 1,151 | 85 | 1,236 | #234 |
| 1986 | 1,199 | 78 | 1,277 | #221 |
| 1985 | 1,168 | 77 | 1,245 | #224 |
| 1984 | 1,299 | 76 | 1,375 | #204 |
| 1983 | 1,228 | 71 | 1,299 | #206 |
| 1982 | 1,315 | 70 | 1,385 | #207 |
| 1981 | 1,446 | 107 | 1,553 | #188 |
| 1980 | 1,461 | 100 | 1,561 | #183 |
| 1979 | 1,609 | 77 | 1,686 | #172 |
| 1978 | 1,428 | 105 | 1,533 | #182 |
| 1977 | 1,630 | 95 | 1,725 | #166 |
| 1976 | 1,616 | 95 | 1,711 | #160 |
| 1975 | 1,775 | 114 | 1,889 | #151 |
| 1974 | 1,749 | 91 | 1,840 | #157 |
| 1973 | 1,757 | 106 | 1,863 | #156 |
| 1972 | 1,968 | 123 | 2,091 | #144 |
| 1971 | 2,139 | 126 | 2,265 | #153 |
| 1970 | 2,202 | 127 | 2,329 | #152 |
| 1969 | 2,200 | 142 | 2,342 | #149 |
| 1968 | 2,270 | 153 | 2,423 | #141 |
| 1967 | 2,173 | 133 | 2,306 | #157 |
| 1966 | 2,122 | 135 | 2,257 | #163 |
| 1965 | 2,148 | 159 | 2,307 | #165 |
| 1964 | 2,376 | 177 | 2,553 | #164 |
| 1963 | 2,347 | 169 | 2,516 | #168 |
| 1962 | 2,411 | 182 | 2,593 | #170 |
| 1961 | 2,401 | 221 | 2,622 | #169 |
| 1960 | 2,440 | 176 | 2,616 | #167 |
| 1959 | 2,215 | 232 | 2,447 | #174 |
| 1958 | 2,120 | 224 | 2,344 | #177 |
| 1957 | 2,218 | 237 | 2,455 | #172 |
| 1956 | 2,207 | 210 | 2,417 | #166 |
| 1955 | 2,048 | 194 | 2,242 | #169 |
| 1954 | 1,785 | 214 | 1,999 | #184 |
| 1953 | 1,725 | 220 | 1,945 | #185 |
| 1952 | 1,608 | 202 | 1,810 | #184 |
| 1951 | 1,567 | 201 | 1,768 | #184 |
| 1950 | 1,460 | 199 | 1,659 | #186 |
| 1949 | 1,455 | 224 | 1,679 | #189 |
| 1948 | 1,309 | 235 | 1,544 | #204 |
| 1947 | 1,237 | 234 | 1,471 | #212 |
| 1946 | 1,071 | 213 | 1,284 | #220 |
| 1945 | 872 | 170 | 1,042 | #218 |
| 1944 | 942 | 201 | 1,143 | #210 |
| 1943 | 1,036 | 229 | 1,265 | #204 |
| 1942 | 991 | 264 | 1,255 | #206 |
| 1941 | 956 | 231 | 1,187 | #195 |
| 1940 | 823 | 219 | 1,042 | #211 |
| 1939 | 776 | 201 | 977 | #215 |
| 1938 | 793 | 203 | 996 | #213 |
| 1937 | 775 | 215 | 990 | #216 |
| 1936 | 847 | 208 | 1,055 | #199 |
| 1935 | 830 | 211 | 1,041 | #206 |
| 1934 | 852 | 224 | 1,076 | #208 |
| 1933 | 832 | 266 | 1,098 | #208 |
| 1932 | 886 | 235 | 1,121 | #205 |
| 1931 | 934 | 246 | 1,180 | #196 |
| 1930 | 1,044 | 274 | 1,318 | #184 |
| 1929 | 1,066 | 270 | 1,336 | #187 |
| 1928 | 1,017 | 329 | 1,346 | #199 |
| 1927 | 1,019 | 327 | 1,346 | #199 |
| 1926 | 956 | 322 | 1,278 | #202 |
| 1925 | 939 | 335 | 1,274 | #209 |
| 1924 | 942 | 344 | 1,286 | #208 |
| 1923 | 925 | 303 | 1,228 | #210 |
| 1922 | 783 | 317 | 1,100 | #231 |
| 1921 | 776 | 316 | 1,092 | #234 |
| 1920 | 757 | 292 | 1,049 | #238 |
| 1919 | 632 | 256 | 888 | #255 |
| 1918 | 637 | 273 | 910 | #254 |
| 1917 | 559 | 258 | 817 | #264 |
| 1916 | 508 | 276 | 784 | #270 |
| 1915 | 483 | 211 | 694 | #268 |
| 1914 | 374 | 173 | 547 | #269 |
| 1913 | 300 | 124 | 424 | #269 |
| 1912 | 231 | 95 | 326 | #297 |
| 1911 | 199 | 56 | 255 | #275 |
| 1910 | 181 | 41 | 222 | #289 |
| 1909 | 157 | 26 | 183 | #288 |
| 1908 | 122 | 12 | 134 | #321 |
| 1907 | 125 | 23 | 148 | #311 |
| 1906 | 135 | 20 | 155 | #286 |
| 1905 | 89 | 12 | 101 | #356 |
| 1904 | 80 | 12 | 92 | #369 |
| 1903 | 90 | 11 | 101 | #331 |
| 1902 | 75 | 5 | 80 | #369 |
| 1901 | 76 | 12 | 88 | #351 |
| 1900 | 91 | 10 | 101 | #356 |
| 1899 | 38 | 10 | 48 | #479 |
| 1898 | 63 | 8 | 71 | #391 |
| 1897 | 53 | 5 | 58 | #402 |
| 1896 | 48 | 8 | 56 | #418 |
| 1895 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #559 |
| 1894 | 49 | 5 | 54 | #403 |
| 1893 | 39 | — | 39 | #435 |
| 1892 | 41 | — | 41 | #418 |
| 1891 | 31 | — | 31 | #470 |
| 1890 | 28 | — | 28 | #498 |
| 1889 | 27 | — | 27 | #485 |
| 1888 | 26 | — | 26 | #500 |
| 1887 | 12 | — | 12 | #685 |
| 1886 | 16 | — | 16 | #568 |
| 1885 | 24 | — | 24 | #437 |
| 1884 | 14 | — | 14 | #580 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | 8 | #735 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | 7 | #787 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | 7 | #725 |