Carmen

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Carmen is a unisex given name in the Spanish language.

From Wikipedia

Carmen first appears in the data in 1980 and has been recorded in 4 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1980 with 38 babies (rank #109 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Carmen

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Carmen yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Carmen

Carmen ElectraOnlyFans model · b. 1972
Carmen Amayabailadora flamenca · b. 1918
Carmen Kasssportsperson · b. 1978
Carmen Pereirapartisan · b. 1936
Carmen Luvanafilm actor · b. 1981

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1980	38	#109
2014	1	#1,288
2015	2	#611
2016	1	#1,229