Carman peaked in the US in 1973 at #1,374, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Carman as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2022
#13,592 (6)
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2017
#14,124 (6)
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2016
#12,876 (7)
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2015
#14,482 (6)
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2014
#10,955 (9)
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2013
#11,969 (8)
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2012
#14,962 (6)
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2011
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#5,785 (3)
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2010
#8,701 (13)
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2009
#10,679 (10)
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2008
#10,084 (11)
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2007
#8,520 (14)
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2006
#11,417 (9)
#5,061 (3)
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2005
#11,834 (8)
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2004
#5,208 (24)
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Carman as a boy’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2002
#9,392 (6)
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1999
#7,874 (7)
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1997
#7,281 (7)
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1996
#9,015 (5)
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1993
#8,700 (5)
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1992
#6,670 (7)
#1,685 (5)
1989
#6,941 (6)
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1988
#5,200 (8)
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1987
#6,089 (6)
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1986
#5,926 (6)
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1982
#5,619 (6)
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1981
#5,468 (6)
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1980
#4,940 (7)
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1979
#3,810 (10)
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1978
#5,059 (6)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1973 at #1,374.
First recorded in the US in 1914.
In 2002, 68% of US babies named Carman were girls.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.