Carmen
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About Carmen
Carmen has long been associated with the sensuous, tragic heroine of Bizet's opera, based on a novel by Prosper Merimee; more recently it has called to mind two other bombshells: Carmen Miranda (born Maria) and Carmen Electra (born Tara), as well as the great jazz singer Carmen McRae. In the celebrity baby name world, this classic Spanish name for girls was used by Hilaria and Alec Baldwin for their oldest daughter.
She has plenty of childhood references as well: Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez is a character from the Spy Kids trilogy, Carmen Lowell appears in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, Carmen de la Pica Morales was a character on The L Word, and Carmen Sandiego is the clever anti-hero in the Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? computer-game franchise—she was named for Carmen Miranda and the city of San Diego.
In the Latin community, Carmen is also used as a boys’ name.
Pronounced KAR-men.
As of October 2026, Carmen ranked #389 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #141 in 1968, Nameberry popularity #393.
Editor's take: The name Carmen is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "garden or song".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #383 | 855 | 478.6 |
| 2015 | #381 | 859 | 481.2 |
| 2016 | #401 | 829 | 467.8 |
| 2017 | #409 | 776 | 449.5 |
| 2018 | #431 | 733 | 430.9 |
| 2019 | #429 | 741 | 441.5 |
| 2020 | #434 | 706 | 436.7 |
| 2021 | #437 | 716 | 436.4 |
| 2022 | #456 | 693 | 422.5 |
| 2023 | #434 | 712 | 443.7 |
| 2024 | #416 | 751 | 463.5 |
| 2025 | #389 | 798 | 496.5 |
World rankings
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Carmen on lists
Famous Carmens
- Carmen Miranda (born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha)
Portuguese actress and singer
- Carmen Electra (born Tara Leigh Patrick)
American actress and model
- Carmen Mercedes McRae
American jazz singer
- Carmen Rasmusen
Canadian,American country music singer ("American Idol")
- Carmen McAleer
u12 CLRG World Champion
- Carmen Monarcha
Brazilian singer
- Carmen Kass
Estonian model
- Carmen Isabella "Mandy" Millier
English actress
- Carmen García Maura
Spanish actress
- Carmen Whelan
Canadian rhythmic gymnast
- Carmen Mary Lawrence
25th Premier of Western Australia
- Carmen Carrera (born Christopher Roman)
American transgender reality television personality, model and burlesque performer
- Yvette Carmen Mimieux
French,Mexican actress
- Carmen Sylva
pen name of Queen Elisabeth of Romania
- Carmen Noel Canales (b. 2007)
daughter of gymnast Dominique Moceanu and Michael Canales
- Carmen Gabriela Baldwin (b. 2013)
daughter of actor Alec Baldwin
- Carmen Eliana Gonzalez Intal (b. 2018)
daughter of Filipino professional basketball player JC Intal & Filipina TV host and model Bianca Gonzalez
- Carmen Amaya
Spanish dancer
- Carmen Sandiego
main character in children's tv show of the same name
- Carmen Kocourek
Contestant and fourth-place finisher on season 5 of Love Island USA
Carmen in pop culture
- "Carmen
" opera by Georges Bizet and its main character
- "Carmen Sandiego
" video game, TV series and its main character
- Carmen Consuela Lopez
character on "The George Lopez Show"
- Carmen Lowell
character in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series
- Carmen
character in 1986 movie "The Color of Money"
- Carmen Hernández Wood
character in the Blackwood Security series by Elise Noble
- Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez
character in the Spy Kids movies
- Carmen Tibideux
character on TV's "Glee"
- Carmen Jones
musical, movie and its main character
- Carmen Marquez de Castillo
minor character in telenovela "Destinos"
- Carmen Villalta
character in the 2012 silent film "Blancanieves"
- Carmen
character in "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
- 'Carmen'
song by Lana Del Rey
- Carmen
character from Deathvalley RPG
- Carmen
a rabbit villager from Animal Crossing
- Carmen
a mouse villager from Animal Crossing