How rare is the name Karmen?

6,325 people in the United States have the first name Karmen, about 1 in 47,752. It ranks #3,353 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KARMEN

#3,353

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,325
About
1 in 47,752
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,325 people named Karmen, 48.9% reported their origin as White, 26.5% as Black and 15.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karmen peaked in 2008, when 246 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19352025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
246
In 2025*
105 ▼57%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,287 babies have been given the name since 1935. 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.

Karmen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,229. The largest share of babies named Karmen, 31.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#7,53634
1940s#4,723113
1950s#4,036192
1960s#2,360597
1970s#2,268770
1980s#2,786686
1990s#3,416694
2000s#2,5021,504
2010s#2,2291,976
2020s#3,142721
Silent Generation 1928–451.5%
Baby boom 1946–646.9%
Generation X 1965–8016.2%
Millennials 1981–9614.9%
Generation Z 1997–1231.9%
2013 and later28.6%

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 Karmen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karmen has been most common in Georgia (3.5×), Mississippi (2.9×), and North Carolina (2.8×), and least common in Minnesota (0.6×).

3,822 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.

Exactly as common as Karmen

1 other first name also has 6,325 people.

#3,353 Jaylee · 6,325

Either side of Karmen

#3,352 Sol · 6,326#3,353 Jaylee · 6,325#3,355 Paolo · 6,323#3,356 Virgilio · 6,320

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karmen, most common first.

#9,511 Karmyn · 1,456#13,975 Karmin · 852#14,685 Karman · 798#28,199 Karmon · 320

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