Carmina — #8974 US girls' name
1,312 babies named Carmina in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Carmina was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Carmina in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carmina
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,312 babies named Carmina between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carmina currently holds the #8974 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carmina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Carmina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 370 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Carmina in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carmina 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 1,312 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.
Carmina at a glance
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Current rank
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Carmina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1994)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #8974 among girls.
1,312 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 38 births in a single year.
Carmina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 229 births that decade — 17% of Carmina's all-time total
Carmina decade highlights
- Peak decade 229 births
- Runner-up 196 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Carmina's strongest decade
229 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Carmina by state
Where Carmina concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 370 | 28.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
370 of 1,312 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1914–2024 (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.