girls:
481 births since 1907
#5235 (8th percentile)
boys:
13.5k births since 1891
#998 (78th percentile)
overall:
14k births since 1891
#2216 (71st percentile)
The name Carmine is the #2,216 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,014 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 71.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #998 (78.2% percentile) for all time with 13,533 births since 1891. For girls, it ranks #5,235 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 481 births since 1907.
Carmine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for boys and 1907 for girls). Birth data for Carmine is available in 128 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (128 years for boys and 62 years for girls). 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.
The name Carmine has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Carmine reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 37.1% percentile (ranked #344) with 204 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 233 births per million (ranked 25.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Carmine ranks #766 for boys (15.9% percentile) with 82 births per million, which is 35.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Carmine reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #582) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 15 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Carmine ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 23.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carmine".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Carmen. View all variations of Carmen.
These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Carmine", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 20 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Carmen" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Carmen..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Carmine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.6% confident that Carmine is pronounced as KAHR-mihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-main, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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