Carman
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAR-man
- Origin
- Hebrew
Carman is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “garden, orchard”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Carman mean?
Hebrew: variant of Carmen, from Mount Carmel
“garden, orchard”
Carmel is the biblical mountain where Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal.
Is Carman a girl's or a boy's name?
Carman is a girls' name.
How popular is Carman in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Carman in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1915, 15% of the babies named Carman in the US were girls. By 1999 it was 77%, with more girls than boys since 1954.
Carman in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,431 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,838 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 72 | #1,374 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,989 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,546 |
| 1970 | 77 | #1,354 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,499 |
| 1968 | 66 | #1,375 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,640 |
| 1966 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,635 |
| 1964 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,714 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,671 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,696 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,560 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,584 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,841 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,692 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,700 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,059 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,366 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Carman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Carman
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carman, updated 20 October 2026.