Carmin — #11182 US unisex name
858 babies named Carmin in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Carmin was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Carmin in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carmin
The Social Security Administration has registered 858 babies named Carmin between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carmin currently holds the #11182 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 36 babies received it in a single year. Carmin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 129 additional births since 1913.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carmin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Carmin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Carmin in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carmin 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 858 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.
Carmin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Carmin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1940
- Peak year (1986)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
Currently ranks #11182 among girls.
858 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 36 births in a single year.
Carmin popularity over time — boys
129 total births recorded since 1913 (Carmin as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Carmin accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Carmin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 183 births that decade — 21% of Carmin's all-time total
Carmin decade highlights
- Peak decade 183 births
- Runner-up 149 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Carmin's strongest decade
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Carmin by state
Where Carmin concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 38 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
38 of 858 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1940–2024 (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.