girls:
1.3k births since 1914
#4419 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1914
#6438 (17th percentile)
The name Carmina is the #6,438 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,304 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 16.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,419 (22.7% percentile) for all time with 1,304 births since 1914.
Carmina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for girls in 1914). Birth data for Carmina is available in 93 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Carmina reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #812) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Carmina ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 38.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carmina".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Carmina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Carmina is pronounced as kahr-MEE-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-mee-nuh, at 21.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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