Maricarmen

#8,163 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly to be bitter, through María

Maricarmen has been given to 1,143 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #8,163 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 68 recorded.

Babies named Maricarmen, 2025

1 in 255,000

Maricarmen over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Maricarmen: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly to be bitter, through María

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Maricarmen means

Maricarmen belongs to the name family reached through Maricarmen → María → מִרְיָם. Its meaning is “to be bitter”.

Origin, language, and formation

Maricarmen is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include María and מִרְיָם.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Maricarmen is pronounced /maɾiˈkaɾmen/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,143 girls were recorded with the name Maricarmen between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 68 in 2000; its best national rank was #2,295 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,990 in 2020 to #8,163 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,276 in 2015 to #8,163 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Maricarmen?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 124,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,163; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Maricarmen 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 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maricarmen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maricarmens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maricarmen was born before 2000 — so the typical Maricarmen is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 37.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 49.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 1,143; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 37.3% of all recorded uses (426).

Is Maricarmen 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: +8,649; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +4,827; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +113; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.93×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 19.1%; Peak was 2000 (68)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,295; 2000

Where Maricarmen is used

Across 1910–2025, Maricarmen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 72,532 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 50,000
2Texas1 in 100,000
3Florida1 in —
4Illinois1 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. Maricarmen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Maricarmen by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,163
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 4,827
Best rank ever: #2,295; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 68 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,143
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Maricarmen

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

Sibling names for Maricarmen

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

For a sister

Lesli Destiney Gabriel Sydnie Shakira Savana Cinthia Reanna

For a brother

Garret Samual Donavon Shamar Jarod Brandan Zakary Coty

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