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Carmen
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89% girls / 11% boys
Origin of the name
Carmen comes from Spanish, where it refers to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Bizet's opera Carmen made it famous all over the world.
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Where babies named Carmen are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Carmen is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Carmen is most common in New Mexico (3.4 times), Arizona (2.4) and New York (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Carmen are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Carmen is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Carmen is most common in New Jersey (6.4 times), Pennsylvania (5.2) and Connecticut (3.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100% | 0% |
| 1890s | 91% | 9% |
| 1900s | 88% | 12% |
| 1910s | 70% | 30% |
| 1920s | 74% | 26% |
| 1930s | 79% | 21% |
| 1940s | 83% | 17% |
| 1950s | 90% | 10% |
| 1960s | 93% | 7% |
| 1970s | 94% | 6% |
| 1980s | 94% | 6% |
| 1990s | 94% | 6% |
| 2000s | 96% | 4% |
| 2010s | 97% | 3% |
| 2020s | 93% | 7% |