Carmen Girl
How popular is Carmen?
#389 girl name in 2025
798 baby girls were named Carmen in the US in 2025, making it the 389th most popular girl name. Another 104 boys got the name (#1,621 for boys).
Carmen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #389 for girls (▲ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 798 girls, 104 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #380 in 2015, #433 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (2,440 girls) |
| Highest rank | #141 in 1968 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carmen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carmen family of names ranked #320 for girls in 2025 (#340 the year before), with 1,016 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carmen | 798 | 79% |
| Karmen | 105 | 10% |
| Karmyn | 51 | 5% |
| Carmyn | 40 | 4% |
| Karmin | 11 | 1% |
| Carmin | 6 | 1% |
| Karman | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Carmen is most popular
Babies named Carmen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- Maryland: 0.8 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.7 per 1,000 (115 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.7 per 1,000 (164 girls)
Carmen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | #428 |
| 1890s | 419 | #390 |
| 1900s | 1,040 | #286 |
| 1910s | 4,104 | #254 |
| 1920s | 9,180 | #187 |
| 1930s | 8,569 | #184 |
| 1940s | 10,692 | #189 |
| 1950s | 18,953 | #166 |
| 1960s | 22,888 | #141 |
| 1970s | 17,873 | #144 |
| 1980s | 12,624 | #183 |
| 1990s | 11,158 | #218 |
| 2000s | 12,217 | #239 |
| 2010s | 8,556 | #314 |
| 2020s | 4,381 | #389 |
Girl names about as popular as Carmen
Questions
- Is Carmen a boy or girl name?
- Carmen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Carmen were girls.
- How popular is the name Carmen?
- 798 baby girls were named Carmen in the US in 2025, making it the 389th most popular girl name. Another 104 boys got the name (#1,621 for boys).
- When was Carmen most popular?
- Carmen peaked in 1960, when 2,440 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #141 in 1968.
- How many people are named Carmen?
- 159,756 babies have been named Carmen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 118,167 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 52.
- Where is Carmen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carmen was most common in Mississippi, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.