NameTides

Karmen

Karmen was the #1,872 girls' name in the US in 2025 (105 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Karmen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Karmen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Karmen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,872 (105)#4,201 (5)——
2024#2,011 (97)#4,844 (4)——
2023#2,050 (95)#5,688 (3)——
2022#1,710 (122)———
2021#1,622 (129)#3,519 (6)——
2020#1,308 (168)#2,843 (8)—#2,873 (6)
2019#1,357 (166)—#765 (3)—
2018#1,255 (184)#3,985 (5)——
2017#1,240 (192)#4,063 (5)—#1,673 (13)
2016#1,171 (215)#2,966 (8)#798 (3)#2,195 (9)
2015#1,293 (186)#3,615 (6)—#3,286 (5)
2014#1,228 (199)#3,514 (6)——
2013#1,101 (222)#3,536 (6)—#1,599 (14)
2012#1,199 (205)#3,681 (6)#815 (3)#2,338 (8)
2011#1,086 (226)#4,764 (4)—#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #1,062.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1935.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Karmen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Karmen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Karmen (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KarmenCanadaGirls—too few
KarmenEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
KarmenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KarmenScotlandGirls—too few
KarmenUSGirls#1,872105
KarmenUSBoys—too few