first name
CARMEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 237,758 people named Carmen, 72.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.6% as White and 6.2% as Black. 96.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carmen peaked in 1961, when 2,622 babies got the name.
At least 159,756 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carmen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #291. The largest share of babies named Carmen, 25%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carmen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carmen has been most common in New Mexico (3.1×), Arizona (2.2×), and New York (1.7×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.1×).
151,435 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carmen
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carmen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carmen ranks #10,586 of 156,621, with 2,889 people. See Carmen as a last name
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