Carmichael
Boy · kar-MY-kul · Scottish
Carmichael is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fort of Michael”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Carmichael mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname from the Lanarkshire place name, Cumbric caer 'fort' plus Michael
“fort of Michael”
Transferred use of a Scottish surname taken from the lands of Carmichael in Lanarkshire.
- Say it
- kar-MY-kul
Is Carmichael a girl's or a boy's name?
Carmichael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carmichael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Carmichael, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had more boys named Carmichael than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Carmichael in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carmichael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
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