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Carman

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Carman has been given to 3,491 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 77 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% girls, 31% boys all-time.

Babies named Carman, 2022

1 in 564,000

Carman over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Carman over time

In 2022, Carman went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19012022

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Carman: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Carman means

Carman is a given name.

The naming story behind Carman

Wikidata records Carman as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q1855504, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,407 girls were recorded with the name Carman between 1914 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 77 in 1970; its best national rank was #1,319 in 1964.

In the United States, 1,084 boys were recorded with the name Carman between 1901 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 36 in 1927; its best national rank was #1,074 in 1901.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Carman?

Carman had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 564,000
6 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only
1 in 273,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
391,139 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Carman sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 391,139 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Carman. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carmans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Carman was born before 1969 — so the typical Carman is around 56 today.

Median birth year
1969
About 56 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
22.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
10.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,024
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1960s — 22.4% of all recorded uses (540).

Is Carman rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1970 (77)
Years since peak
55
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,319
1964

Spellings of Carman

Carman is not the most common spelling — Carla is, with 24.5% against Carman's 0.39%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Carman is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Carman was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 393,105 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 100,000
  2. 2Ohio1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Georgia1 in —
  6. 6Iowa1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Indiana1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carman has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Carman is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Carman was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 447,545 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carman has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Carman around the world

Where Carman ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2011
    #5,785
    in 2011
  • Canada
    1992–1993
    #2,426
    in 1993
  • South Australia
    1962–1981
    #616
    in 1981

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Carman

People whose public names include Carman, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Carman by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,319
1964
Peak year
1970
77 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
2,407
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,074
1901
Peak year
1927
36 that year
First recorded
1901
Last recorded
2002
All-time count
1,084
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Carman

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CarlinCarlynCarsynCarolaCarsenCarlotaCarysCarmynCarminCaridadCarmelCarsonCarlenaCarmaCarlitaCarminaCarlosCarterCarisCarlinaCarisaCaralynCarmonCarlee

Names with a curve like Carman

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Carman, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CoreenDelenaTonyKeithDennaJohnaKendaJodeeLavondaJuleeRanaeTeresita

Sibling names for Carman

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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