Carmine
Carmine was given to 214 boys in 2025, #1,035 among boys’ names; 14,437 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,800 Americans named Carmine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 14 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Carmine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Carmine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Carmine is “a male given name from Italian.”
The given name is borrowed from Italian Carmine.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Carmine?
#1,035 among boys’ names, 2025
Carmine rose from #1,223 in 2015 to #1,035 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.08 to 0.13 per 1,000.
267 babies in 2006, the peak
Carmine peaked in 2006, when 267 babies were given it (262 boys, #790 among boys’ names). The 220 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 82% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 214 | #1,035 | 0.13 |
| 2024 | 196 | #1,100 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 150 | #1,283 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 151 | #1,278 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 147 | #1,292 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 132 | #1,348 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,517 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,386 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,405 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 129 | #1,373 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 150 | #1,223 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 155 | #1,191 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 131 | #1,318 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 126 | #1,347 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 146 | #1,206 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 137 | #1,267 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 162 | #1,136 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 174 | #1,075 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 212 | #935 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 262 | #790 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 205 | #886 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 63 | #1,932 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,276 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,640 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,277 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,478 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,168 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,097 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,350 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,839 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,679 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,794 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,880 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,796 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 51 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,764 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,307 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,200 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,156 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,141 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 72 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 69 | #1,000 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 64 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 82 | #879 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 67 | #989 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 95 | #828 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 113 | #776 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 77 | #874 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 90 | #779 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 108 | #714 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 102 | #730 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 98 | #749 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 116 | #716 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 135 | #673 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 115 | #716 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 124 | #686 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 122 | #709 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 117 | #709 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 128 | #669 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 124 | #684 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 123 | #679 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 114 | #689 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 107 | #698 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 122 | #643 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 109 | #660 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 131 | #617 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 125 | #611 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 133 | #585 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 131 | #583 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 124 | #612 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 124 | #578 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 94 | #624 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 112 | #580 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 130 | #552 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 127 | #543 | 0.09 |
| 1941 | 131 | #516 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 105 | #580 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 109 | #551 | 0.10 |
| 1938 | 137 | #495 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 115 | #542 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 138 | #480 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 136 | #487 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 144 | #472 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 136 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1932 | 168 | #433 | 0.16 |
| 1931 | 188 | #410 | 0.18 |
| 1930 | 199 | #418 | 0.18 |
| 1929 | 182 | #438 | 0.17 |
| 1928 | 214 | #413 | 0.19 |
| 1927 | 218 | #409 | 0.19 |
| 1926 | 197 | #432 | 0.18 |
| 1925 | 213 | #408 | 0.19 |
| 1924 | 217 | #415 | 0.19 |
| 1923 | 225 | #397 | 0.21 |
| 1922 | 230 | #396 | 0.21 |
| 1921 | 216 | #413 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 214 | #403 | 0.20 |
| 1919 | 202 | #409 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | 190 | #422 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 166 | #439 | 0.18 |
| 1916 | 186 | #406 | 0.21 |
| 1915 | 172 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1914 | 138 | #404 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 113 | #406 | 0.22 |
| 1912 | 105 | #377 | 0.24 |
| 1911 | 50 | #405 | 0.22 |
| 1910 | 23 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 26 | #506 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 18 | #614 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 20 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 14 | #649 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 19 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 14 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 14 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 7 | #945 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 6 | #968 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 10 | #849 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,073 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 7 | #778 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Carmine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 14,437 Americans recorded as Carmine, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 girls and 214 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Carmine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Carmine, and how old are they?
7,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 14,437 Americans ever recorded as Carmine. The median Carmine alive today is 34 years old; half are between 14 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 8,464 people named Carmine (502 women and girls, 7,962 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,568 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 455 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,630 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 808 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,760 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,930 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Carmine born?
The states with the most babies named Carmine are New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with 54% of its births recorded by state in 2025; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 49 | #361 | 5.7× |
| New Jersey | 25 | #337 | 5.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #611 | 0.7× |
| Connecticut | 15 | #224 | 2.8× |
| California | 15 | #1,256 | 0.2× |
| Florida | 10 | #1,204 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 9 | #880 | 0.2× |
| Texas | 8 | #1,940 | 0.1× |
| Colorado | 7 | #696 | 0.1× |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #711 | 1.2× |
Where Carmine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Carmine is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 5.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Carmine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 14,742 babies since 1880, Carmine is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 220 of their 220 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Carmine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Carmine and names like it
- Compare Carmine and CarminoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sCarmine peaked in 2006.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Carmine since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Carmine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Carmine.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Carmine alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.