Girls' name · since 1927
Carmena
11 babies named Carmena in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #52,810 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Carmena since 1927, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Carmena recorded 11 times among girls since 1927, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1958.
- #52,810 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1927
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carmena ranks #52,810 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1927, peaking in the 1950s.
- #52,810 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Carmena's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carmena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carmena's full recorded timeline at 1958, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carmena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1958
- Peak year (1958)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Carmena by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Carmena's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Carmena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carmena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1927–1958 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carmena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.