Karmen Girl
How popular is Karmen?
#1,872 girl name in 2025
105 baby girls were named Karmen in the US in 2025, making it the 1872nd most popular girl name.
Karmen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,872 for girls (▲ 139 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 105 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,293 in 2015, #1,308 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (246 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,062 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1935 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karmen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carmen family of names ranked #320 for girls in 2025 (#340 the year before), with 1,016 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carmen | 798 | 79% |
| Karmen | 105 | 10% |
| Karmyn | 51 | 5% |
| Carmyn | 40 | 4% |
| Karmin | 11 | 1% |
| Carmin | 6 | 1% |
| Karman | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karmen is most popular
Babies named Karmen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arkansas: 0.3 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Karmen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 34 | #2,417 |
| 1940s | 113 | #1,705 |
| 1950s | 192 | #2,053 |
| 1960s | 597 | #1,187 |
| 1970s | 770 | #1,221 |
| 1980s | 686 | #1,408 |
| 1990s | 689 | #1,640 |
| 2000s | 1,499 | #1,062 |
| 2010s | 1,976 | #1,086 |
| 2020s | 716 | #1,308 |
Girl names about as popular as Karmen
Questions
- Is Karmen a boy or girl name?
- Karmen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karmen were girls.
- How popular is the name Karmen?
- 105 baby girls were named Karmen in the US in 2025, making it the 1872nd most popular girl name.
- When was Karmen most popular?
- Karmen peaked in 2008, when 246 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,062 in 2008.
- How many people are named Karmen?
- 7,287 babies have been named Karmen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,026 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Karmen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karmen was most common in Arkansas, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.