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Carmen name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Carmen ranks #389 in female records (798 reported) and #1,624 in male records (104 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

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Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#389 · 798 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 47 female records (751 to 798); rank moved from #417 to #389.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 82 female records (716 to 798); rank moved from #437 to #389.
2025 male rank and count
#1,624 · 104 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 21 male records (83 to 104); rank moved from #1,906 to #1,624.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 78 male records (26 to 104); rank moved from #4,033 to #1,624.
Peak year in available data
2016: 830 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Carmen becoming more popular?

Carmen's reported female count increased by 47 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #417 to #389. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Carmen in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for CarmenFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.8300201620252016: 830 female records2017: 776 female records2018: 733 female records2019: 743 female records2020: 708 female records2021: 716 female records2022: 696 female records2023: 712 female records2024: 751 female records2025: 798 female records2016: 32 male records2017: 17 male records2018: 18 male records2019: 29 male records2020: 20 male records2021: 26 male records2022: 30 male records2023: 51 male records2024: 83 male records2025: 104 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20257983891041,624
2024751417831,906
2023712435512,586
2022696453303,703
2021716437264,033
2020708433204,728
2019743428293,732
2018733431185,140
2017776409175,326
2016830400323,455

Questions about Carmen’s popularity

How common is Carmen in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Carmen ranks #389 in female records (798 reported) and #1,624 in male records (104 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Carmen?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Carmen only.

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