Carnation — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carnation

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Carnation between 1918 and 1929, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carnation currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carnation performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Carnation shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carnation in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carnation 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 37 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.