Carmi — #13675 US unisex name
68 babies named Carmi in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Carmi was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Carmi in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carmi
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Carmi between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carmi currently holds the #13675 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Carmi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 46 additional births since 1916.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carmi performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Carmi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carmi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 68 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Carmi at a glance
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Current rank
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Carmi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1956
- Peak year (1978)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
Currently ranks #13675 among girls.
68 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 7 births in a single year.
Carmi popularity over time — boys
46 total births recorded since 1916 (Carmi as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Carmi accounts for 40% of total recorded use across both genders.
Carmi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 17 births that decade — 25% of Carmi's all-time total
Carmi decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Carmi's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.