Carmen

girls:

141.2k births since 1881

#281 (95th percentile)

boys:

16.8k births since 1894

#888 (81st percentile)

overall:

158k births since 1881

#478 (94th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carmen".

1881 2023 18812023

Key Statistics

Total Births
141,221
Peak Births
2,439
Peak Year
1968
First Recorded
1881
Peak Percentile
81.2%
Current Percentile
58.1%
Peak Rank
#141
Current Rank
#397
Female statistics
Total Births
16,774
Peak Births
344
Peak Year
1924
First Recorded
1894
Peak Percentile
47.2%
Current Percentile
5.1%
Peak Rank
#208
Current Rank
#865
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Carmen

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Carmen. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 77.1% confident that Carmen is pronounced as KAHR-muhn. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-mihn, at 12.5% confidence.

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KAHR-mehn (2 syllables)
10.4% confidence
K AA1 R M EH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Carmen. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Carmen, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KAH-mruhn (2 syllables)
9 names 29.7k births
K AA1 M R AH0 N
KAHR-main (2 syllables)
4 names 14.2k births
K AA1 R M AY0 N

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA1 R M AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.