Carman
Carman is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197077 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 3,491people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,407 girls have been named Carman in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 77 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 77 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 22%.
Carman is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are boys (1,084), most of them born around 1927.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | |
| 1920s | 96 | |
| 1930s | 108 | |
| 1940s | 145 | |
| 1950s | 293 | |
| 1960s | 540 | |
| 1970s | 535 | |
| 1980s | 262 | |
| 1990s | 197 | |
| 2000s | 136 | |
| 2010s | 55 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Carman was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Carman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Demetrapeak 1975
- Soniapeak 1970
- Yolandapeak 1969
- Lavondapeak 1968
- Coreenpeak 1968
- Lanitapeak 1958
- Annmariepeak 1969
- Donnettapeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.