Carmen Boy Name

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The name Carmen is of Spanish origin, and means song. The table below indicates the number of times the name Carmen has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Carmen**
Use of the Name Carmen for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
14,532	3,926	205	0	0	0	0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Carmen has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. Carmen first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Carmen**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1881			690	7
1882			752	7
1883			704	8
1884			561	14
1885			430	24
1886			557	16
1887			666	12
1888			487	26
1889			476	27
1890			492	28
1891			459	31
1892			415	41
1893			433	39
1894			399	49
1895			548	29
1896	835	8	417	48
1897			397	53
1898	816	8	390	63
1899	670	10	476	38
1900	852	10	355	91
1901	606	12	349	76
1902			368	75
1903	705	11	327	90
1904	692	12	371	79
1905	704	12	358	88
1906	507	20	286	134
1907	488	23	311	125
1908	786	12	321	122
1909	504	26	288	156
1910	421	41	289	180
1911	373	56	275	197
1912	393	95	297	232
1913	375	125	270	298
1914	357	173	268	374
1915	370	210	268	481
1916	311	279	271	505
1917	347	257	264	559
1918	351	272	254	637
1919	355	261	255	631
1920	345	289	237	755
1921	335	315	234	778
1922	326	314	231	782
1923	332	305	210	925
1924	308	343	207	943
1925	310	337	209	937
1926	316	321	201	956
1927	316	328	197	1,024
1928	312	323	199	1,015
1929	338	270	188	1,063
1930	335	274	184	1,040
1931	359	241	196	929
1932	362	237	204	886
1933	330	264	208	831
1934	364	225	207	854
1935	377	208	205	830
1936	378	209	199	847
1937	378	214	216	775
1938	399	204	215	791
1939	400	202	214	776
1940	386	218	211	826
1941	380	231	195	957
1942	375	262	205	993
1943	404	231	204	1,030
1944	432	197	208	943
1945	454	169	218	871
1946	434	212	219	1,067
1947	437	235	212	1,237
1948	438	232	204	1,313
1949	444	224	189	1,449
1950	473	200	186	1,460
1951	476	201	184	1,563
1952	490	206	185	1,605
1953	471	217	185	1,718
1954	494	215	184	1,778
1955	519	196	168	2,045
1956	521	206	166	2,201
1957	503	236	172	2,216
1958	516	223	177	2,123
1959	517	231	174	2,205
1960	587	177	167	2,436
1961	535	220	170	2,392
1962	579	181	170	2,410
1963	603	168	168	2,348
1964	591	178	161	2,379
1965	605	159	166	2,142
1966	637	135	163	2,115
1967	641	135	157	2,172
1968	614	153	142	2,265
1969	662	142	149	2,196
1970	728	127	152	2,201
1971	729	127	153	2,132
1972	718	123	144	1,962
1973	770	106	156	1,751
1974	851	89	157	1,749
1975	771	115	151	1,774
1976	857	94	160	1,615
1977	869	95	166	1,624
1978	833	105	182	1,425
1979			172	1,610
1980	895	100	183	1,460
1981	860	105	188	1,441
1982			209	1,310
1983			207	1,221
1984			204	1,295
1985			223	1,167
1986			221	1,196
1987			234	1,149
1988			224	1,161
1989			231	1,190
1990			217	1,316
1991			230	1,231
1992			228	1,202
1993			254	1,089
1994			239	1,165
1995			271	1,004
1996			321	869
1997			284	1,012
1998			276	1,119
1999			276	1,135
2000			271	1,189
2001			267	1,168
2002			303	1,019
2003			253	1,285
2004			239	1,342
Totals:		14,532		123,460

During the last 125 years, parents have used Carmen as a boy's name about 10% of the time and more frequently (about 89% of the time) as a girl's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Carmen appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 83 times during the last 125 years.

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