Recorded 1935–2025 · United States
Karmen was most popular in 2008, when 246 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,909 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,422, with 105 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,287 people named Karmen.
Karmen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1935, which makes it about 90 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 91 of the 91 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,287 American births named Karmen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 7,019 are estimated to be alive today.
105 American babies were named Karmen in 2025, ranking #3,422 that year.
Karmen is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 111 births a year, against 208 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Karmen is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 7,287 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 7,019 Americans named Karmen are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 12 and 43. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org