Is Carmen a boy or girl name?
Carmen is mostly a girl name in the US. In 2024, 751 girls and 83 boys were named Carmen, so 90% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 89.4% of the 158,841 US babies named Carmen were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,903
- Girl rank, 2024
- #416
- Babies named Carmen since 1881
- 158,841
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 2,622 babies
Boys and girls named Carmen, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 141 | 100% |
| 1890s | 41 | 419 | 91.1% |
| 1900s | 143 | 1,040 | 87.9% |
| 1910s | 1,763 | 4,104 | 70% |
| 1920s | 3,155 | 9,180 | 74.4% |
| 1930s | 2,283 | 8,569 | 79% |
| 1940s | 2,220 | 10,692 | 82.8% |
| 1950s | 2,133 | 18,953 | 89.9% |
| 1960s | 1,647 | 22,885 | 93.3% |
| 1970s | 1,059 | 17,874 | 94.4% |
| 1980s | 812 | 12,622 | 94% |
| 1990s | 656 | 11,158 | 94.4% |
| 2000s | 464 | 12,217 | 96.3% |
| 2010s | 271 | 8,552 | 96.9% |
| 2020s | 210 | 3,578 | 94.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83 | #1,903 | 751 | #416 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,585 | 712 | #434 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,702 | 693 | #456 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,031 | 716 | #437 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,727 | 706 | #434 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,730 | 741 | #429 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,138 | 733 | #431 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,324 | 776 | #409 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,455 | 829 | #401 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,313 | 859 | #381 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,281 | 855 | #383 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,878 | 880 | #358 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,728 | 943 | #332 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,004 | 919 | #349 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,081 | 1,017 | #314 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,932 | 1,106 | #301 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,835 | 1,312 | #262 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,688 | 1,244 | #275 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,545 | 1,284 | #257 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,211 | 1,227 | #268 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,850 | 1,363 | #239 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,279 | 1,291 | #254 |
| 2002 | 63 | #1,820 | 1,020 | #306 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,530 | 1,175 | #267 |
| 2000 | 66 | #1,714 | 1,195 | #270 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,968 | 1,139 | #276 |
| 1998 | 67 | #1,574 | 1,121 | #278 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,909 | 1,012 | #284 |
| 1996 | 62 | #1,587 | 869 | #322 |
| 1995 | 63 | #1,511 | 1,004 | #272 |
| 1994 | 68 | #1,422 | 1,167 | #239 |
| 1993 | 68 | #1,408 | 1,092 | #254 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,329 | 1,205 | #228 |
| 1991 | 67 | #1,388 | 1,235 | #230 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,118 | 1,314 | #218 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,337 | 1,187 | #231 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,109 | 1,170 | #224 |
| 1987 | 85 | #1,030 | 1,151 | #234 |
| 1986 | 78 | #1,056 | 1,199 | #221 |
| 1985 | 77 | #1,051 | 1,168 | #224 |
| 1984 | 76 | #1,025 | 1,299 | #204 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,050 | 1,228 | #206 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,088 | 1,315 | #207 |
| 1981 | 107 | #851 | 1,446 | #188 |
| 1980 | 100 | #895 | 1,459 | #183 |
| 1979 | 77 | #1,012 | 1,610 | #172 |
| 1978 | 105 | #836 | 1,427 | #182 |
| 1977 | 95 | #869 | 1,629 | #166 |
| 1976 | 95 | #854 | 1,616 | #159 |
| 1975 | 114 | #775 | 1,776 | #151 |
| 1974 | 91 | #841 | 1,749 | #157 |
| 1973 | 106 | #773 | 1,757 | #156 |
| 1972 | 123 | #720 | 1,969 | #144 |
| 1971 | 126 | #734 | 2,139 | #153 |
| 1970 | 127 | #728 | 2,202 | #152 |
| 1969 | 142 | #662 | 2,199 | #149 |
| 1968 | 153 | #615 | 2,269 | #141 |
| 1967 | 134 | #645 | 2,174 | #157 |
| 1966 | 135 | #635 | 2,122 | #163 |
| 1965 | 159 | #605 | 2,147 | #165 |
| 1964 | 177 | #594 | 2,377 | #164 |
| 1963 | 168 | #604 | 2,346 | #168 |
| 1962 | 182 | #580 | 2,411 | #170 |
| 1961 | 221 | #536 | 2,401 | #169 |
| 1960 | 176 | #587 | 2,439 | #167 |
| 1959 | 232 | #516 | 2,216 | #174 |
| 1958 | 224 | #517 | 2,121 | #177 |
| 1957 | 237 | #503 | 2,219 | #172 |
| 1956 | 210 | #520 | 2,206 | #166 |
| 1955 | 194 | #526 | 2,047 | #169 |
| 1954 | 214 | #496 | 1,784 | #184 |
| 1953 | 220 | #471 | 1,725 | #185 |
| 1952 | 202 | #496 | 1,608 | #184 |
| 1951 | 201 | #477 | 1,567 | #184 |
| 1950 | 199 | #474 | 1,460 | #186 |
| 1949 | 224 | #446 | 1,455 | #189 |
| 1948 | 235 | #436 | 1,309 | #204 |
| 1947 | 234 | #438 | 1,237 | #212 |
| 1946 | 213 | #434 | 1,071 | #219 |
| 1945 | 170 | #455 | 872 | #218 |
| 1944 | 200 | #431 | 942 | #210 |
| 1943 | 230 | #407 | 1,036 | #204 |
| 1942 | 264 | #375 | 991 | #206 |
| 1941 | 231 | #380 | 956 | #195 |
| 1940 | 219 | #386 | 823 | #211 |
| 1939 | 201 | #403 | 776 | #215 |
| 1938 | 203 | #399 | 793 | #213 |
| 1937 | 215 | #377 | 775 | #216 |
| 1936 | 208 | #379 | 847 | #199 |
| 1935 | 211 | #373 | 830 | #206 |
| 1934 | 224 | #364 | 852 | #208 |
| 1933 | 266 | #330 | 832 | #208 |
| 1932 | 235 | #363 | 886 | #205 |
| 1931 | 246 | #352 | 934 | #196 |
| 1930 | 274 | #336 | 1,044 | #184 |
| 1929 | 270 | #340 | 1,066 | #187 |
| 1928 | 329 | #307 | 1,017 | #199 |
| 1927 | 327 | #318 | 1,019 | #199 |
| 1926 | 322 | #316 | 956 | #202 |
| 1925 | 335 | #311 | 939 | #209 |
| 1924 | 344 | #308 | 942 | #207 |
| 1923 | 303 | #334 | 925 | #209 |
| 1922 | 317 | #323 | 783 | #231 |
| 1921 | 316 | #334 | 776 | #234 |
| 1920 | 292 | #342 | 757 | #237 |
| 1919 | 256 | #360 | 632 | #255 |
| 1918 | 273 | #347 | 637 | #254 |
| 1917 | 258 | #346 | 559 | #264 |
| 1916 | 276 | #313 | 508 | #270 |
| 1915 | 211 | #370 | 483 | #267 |
| 1914 | 173 | #357 | 374 | #269 |
| 1913 | 124 | #378 | 300 | #269 |
| 1912 | 95 | #393 | 231 | #297 |
| 1911 | 56 | #373 | 199 | #273 |
| 1910 | 41 | #421 | 181 | #289 |
| 1909 | 26 | #505 | 157 | #287 |
| 1908 | 12 | #786 | 122 | #321 |
| 1907 | 23 | #487 | 125 | #311 |
| 1906 | 20 | #507 | 135 | #286 |
| 1905 | 12 | #704 | 89 | #354 |
| 1904 | 12 | #691 | 80 | #366 |
| 1903 | 11 | #705 | 90 | #327 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,171 | 75 | #368 |
| 1901 | 12 | #606 | 76 | #349 |
| 1900 | 10 | #849 | 91 | #352 |
| 1899 | 10 | #668 | 38 | #476 |
| 1898 | 8 | #816 | 63 | #390 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,085 | 53 | #397 |
| 1896 | 8 | #835 | 48 | #417 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,102 | 29 | #548 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,104 | 49 | #399 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 39 | #433 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 41 | #415 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 31 | #459 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 28 | #492 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 27 | #476 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 26 | #487 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 12 | #666 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 16 | #557 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 24 | #430 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 14 | #561 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 8 | #704 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 7 | #752 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 7 | #690 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Carmen reached #307 in 1928. As a girl name, it reached #141 in 1968. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1960s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Carmen
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.