girls:
7.1k births since 1935
#1946 (66th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1995
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
7.1k births since 1935
#3205 (59th percentile)
The name Karmen is the #3,205 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,079 recorded births since 1935. This represents the 58.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 58.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,946 (66.0% percentile) for all time with 7,069 births since 1935. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1995.
Karmen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1935 (1935 for girls and 1995 for boys).
The name Karmen has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Karmen reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 24.4% percentile (ranked #744) with 118 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 118 births per million (ranked 24.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Karmen ranks #857 for girls (9.5% percentile) with 54 births per million, which is 46.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Karmen reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #800) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karmen".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Karmen", 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 3 different pronunciations for the name Karmen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.8% confident that Karmen is pronounced as KAHR-muhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-mehn, at 35.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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