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Carmine

#1,035 in 2025Boys' name

Masculine form of Carmen

Carmine has been given to 14,437 babies in the U.S. since 1891. In 2025 it ranked #1,035 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 262 recorded.

Babies named Carmine, 2025

1 in 15,500

Carmine over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Carmine: meaning, origin, and history

Masculine form of Carmen

Italian

What Carmine means

Carmine is a masculine form of Carmen.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Carmine → Carmen. The family’s meaning is “Our Lady of Mount Carmel”, recorded in the naming reference for Carmen.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

The given name is borrowed from Italian Carmine.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Carmine (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Carmine is used in English and Italian. Its origins include Italian.

Carmine comes through Italian Carmine.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Carmen and Carmelo.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Carmine is pronounced /ˈkar.mi.ne/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,950 boys were recorded with the name Carmine between 1891 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 262 in 2006; its best national rank was #377 in 1912.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,348 in 2020 to #1,035 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,223 in 2015 to #1,035 in 2025.

In the United States, 487 girls were recorded with the name Carmine between 1907 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1918; its best national rank was #2,118 in 1907.

How common is Carmine?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 15,500
214 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,980
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,035
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,739 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Carmine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,739 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Carmine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carmines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Carmine was born before 1955 — so the typical Carmine is around 70 today.

Median birth year
1955
About 70 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
15.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
25.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,628
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Choose a decade

1920s — 15.2% of all recorded uses (2,126).

Is Carmine 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
+65
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+313
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+188
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.43×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.7%
Peak was 2006 (262)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#377
1912

Spellings of Carmine

Carmine is not the most common spelling — Carmen is, with 37.1% against Carmine's 30.5%.

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 Carmine is used

Across 2016–2025, Carmine was most concentrated in Connecticut — about 1 in 1,667 boys, against 1 in 9,028 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

160 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Connecticut1 in 1,667
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 2,222
  3. 3New York1 in 2,439
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 5,263
  5. 5Illinois1 in 10,000
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 11,111
  7. 7Florida1 in 12,500
  8. 8California1 in 20,000

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.

Carmine around the world

Where Carmine 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
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • France
    1934–2011
    #6,384
    in 2011
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1951–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Carmine

People whose public names include Carmine, 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.

Carmine by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,035
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 313
Best rank ever
#377
1912
Peak year
2006
262 that year
First recorded
1891
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,950
Count in 2025
214

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,526
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,118
1907
Peak year
1918
13 that year
First recorded
1907
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
487
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Carmine

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

CarmeloCarmenCarnellCarltonCarlyleCarloCareyCartierCardellCarstenAntoineCarsenCarolineCarrollCarverCarlitoCarlinCarmelloCarsynCarlisleCaryCarrolBlaineAugustine

Names with a curve like Carmine

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

HarrisHollisCoyEmoryVitoJulesEveretteElvinOlinRaleighOrenBasil

Sibling names for Carmine

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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