By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Carmen is most popular
Girls named Carmen per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.453 per 1,000.
Strongest in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Maryland.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Carmen born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Carmen
Carmen is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #389 in 2025 with 798 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.
Since 1881, 159,756 American babies have been named Carmen, about 89% girls and 11% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 1961, when 2,622 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1960s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Carmen stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
