Girl
Carmen
As a girl's name, Carmen traces back to Latin, where it is understood to mean "Song". It peaked back in the 1960s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. The registry counts around 152,859 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
LatinSong
LatinOr garden in Spanish
Births by decade
1900s
1,183
1910s
5,867
1920s
12,334
1930s
10,849
1940s
12,910
1950s
21,078
1960s
24,521
1970s
18,931
1980s
13,429
1990s
11,810
2000s
12,673
2010s
7,274
Peaked in the 1960s · 152,859 total U.S. births since 1900