Name meaning & stats
Carmen
Carmen means “song; or garden (Carmel)” (Spanish origin). 128,918 US babies since 1940, peak 1961.
What it means
“song; or garden (Carmel)”
SpanishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1961
128,918 US babies were named Carmen between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Carmen (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 88% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1961)