Carmen Name Popularity

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How popular is Carmen?

Ranking 433rd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Carmen is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 500, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #142 in 1968.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1960 with 2,440 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Carmen was less than 5, most recently in 1880.

Approximately during the years 1882-1885, 1889-1892, 1895-1900, 1902-1906, 1907-1923, 1938-1941, 1944-1949, 1950-1956, and 1987-1990 the name Carmen took a definitive turn upwards in popularity.

Carmen became more popular as a girls name in 1881.

Currently, the name is at a low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Carmen be?

Carmen's popularity has been moving downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Carmen lately has dropped.

The name Carmen still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Carmen (Girl)		Carmen (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		723	433	18	5,106
2017		774	409	17	5,304
2016		823	404	32	3,450
2015		857	382	23	4,306
2014		853	383	23	4,274
2013		878	358	26	3,874
2012		940	332	28	3,728
2011		917	349	38	3,003
2010		1,015	314	37	3,080
2009		1,105	302	26	3,929
2008		1,312	262	42	2,834
2007		1,242	275	45	2,687
2006		1,283	257	47	2,544
2005		1,227	267	54	2,209
2004		1,363	239	36	2,849
2003		1,289	254	47	2,278
2002		1,019	306	63	1,820
2001		1,175	267	38	2,528
2000		1,195	270	66	1,714
1999		1,139	276	49	1,967
1998		1,121	278	67	1,574
1997		1,012	284	48	1,909
1996		869	322	62	1,587
1995		1,005	272	63	1,511
1994		1,165	239	68	1,422
1993		1,092	254	68	1,408
1992		1,202	228	72	1,329
1991		1,237	230	67	1,387
1990		1,313	218	92	1,118
1989		1,187	231	68	1,327
1988		1,167	224	80	1,117
1987		1,150	234	85	1,030
1986		1,198	221	78	1,056
1985		1,169	223	77	1,051
1984		1,298	204	76	1,024
1983		1,227	206	71	1,049
1982		1,315	207	70	1,088
1981		1,449	188	107	851
1980		1,459	183	100	895
1979		1,609	172	77	1,012
1978		1,427	182	105	835
1977		1,631	166	95	870
1976		1,616	159	94	860
1975		1,777	151	114	775
1974		1,750	157	92	838
1973		1,757	156	106	773
1972		1,967	144	123	720
1971		2,139	153	126	733
1970		2,202	152	127	729
1969		2,196	149	142	662
1968		2,269	142	153	615
1967		2,173	157	134	644
1966		2,121	163	135	635
1965		2,147	166	159	605
1964		2,378	164	177	595
1963		2,344	168	168	604
1962		2,409	170	180	581
1961		2,399	169	223	530
1960		2,440	167	176	588
1959		2,210	174	232	517
1958		2,122	177	223	517
1957		2,224	172	237	503
1956		2,204	166	208	522
1955		2,047	168	195	524
1954		1,783	184	214	496
1953		1,724	185	219	471
1952		1,608	184	203	495
1951		1,567	184	201	477
1950		1,459	186	199	474
1949		1,456	189	224	445
1948		1,309	204	235	436
1947		1,237	212	234	438
1946		1,071	219	213	434
1945		872	218	170	455
1944		942	210	200	431
1943		1,036	204	229	408
1942		989	206	263	375
1941		957	195	231	380
1940		823	211	220	385
1939		776	214	200	403
1938		793	213	203	399
1937		775	216	215	377
1936		847	199	208	379
1935		830	206	211	372
1934		852	208	224	364
1933		831	208	266	330
1932		886	205	235	363
1931		933	196	245	355
1930		1,044	184	275	335
1929		1,065	187	270	340
1928		1,017	199	329	307
1927		1,019	199	327	318
1926		956	202	322	316
1925		939	209	335	311
1924		942	207	344	308
1923		925	209	303	334
1922		783	231	317	323
1921		776	234	316	334
1920		757	237	292	342
1919		632	255	256	360
1918		637	254	273	347
1917		559	264	258	346
1916		508	270	276	313
1915		483	267	211	370
1914		374	269	173	357
1913		300	269	124	378
1912		231	297	95	393
1911		199	273	56	373
1910		181	289	41	421
1909		157	287	26	505
1908		122	321	12	786
1907		125	311	23	487
1906		135	286	20	507
1905		89	354	12	704
1904		80	366	12	691
1903		90	327	11	705
1902		75	368	5	1,171
1901		76	349	12	606
1900		91	352	10	849
1899		38	476	10	668
1898		63	390	8	816
1897		53	397	5	1,085
1896		48	417	8	835
1895		29	548	5	1,102
1894		49	399	5	1,104
1893		39	433	< 5	--
1892		41	415	< 5	--
1891		31	459	< 5	--
1890		28	492	< 5	--
1889		27	476	< 5	--
1888		26	487	< 5	--
1887		12	666	< 5	--
1886		16	557	< 5	--
1885		24	430	< 5	--
1884		14	561	< 5	--
1883		8	704	< 5	--
1882		7	752	< 5	--
1881		7	690	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.