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Carmine

Gender
Boy
Origin
Italian
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,034 for boys

Carmine is a boys' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,034th for boys in the US (214 babies).

What does Carmine mean?

Italian

A male given name from Italian.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Carmine a girl's or a boy's name?

Carmine is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 214 boys in the US.

How popular is Carmine in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 157% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Carmine, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 boys.

Half of all the boys named Carmine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2024. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 9 in 20242025
Carmine in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20249#2,515
20234#4,335
20220–
20210–
20200–
20194#4,126
20183#4,959
20173#4,995
20160–
20150–
20140–
20133#4,884
20120–
20113#4,837
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615
20070–
20064#3,522
20053#3,992
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19973#2,979
19965#2,094

How popular is Carmine in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,034among boys
Babies in 2025
214about 1 in 8,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 51% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 214 boys in the US were named Carmine, making it the 1,034th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,347th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 262 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891. 6 girls were also named Carmine in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).

2025 had more boys named Carmine than any year since 2006.

Half of all the boys named Carmine in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1891Busiest: 262 in 20062025
Carmine in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025214#1,034
2024196#1,099
2023150#1,283
2022151#1,278
2021147#1,291
2020132#1,347
2019112#1,515
2018127#1,385
2017125#1,402
2016129#1,373
2015150#1,223
2014155#1,188
2013131#1,315
2012126#1,346
2011146#1,206
2010137#1,267
2009162#1,134
2008174#1,074
2007212#934
2006262#789
2005205#886
200463#1,930
200347#2,265
200236#2,628
200144#2,273
200038#2,471
199943#2,159
199844#2,091
199735#2,344
199649#1,838
199553#1,677
199448#1,790
199345#1,845
199243#1,879
199144#1,792
199051#1,610
198943#1,761
198862#1,303
198761#1,246
198658#1,268
198556#1,281
198458#1,197
198361#1,153
198264#1,140
198149#1,334
198071#1,070
197972#1,040
197848#1,299
197766#1,064
197669#998
197564#1,029
197456#1,099
197382#879
197267#988
197195#828
1970113#776
196977#873
196890#779
1967108#713
1966102#730
196598#749
1964116#715
1963135#673
1962115#715
1961124#686
1960122#708
1959117#709
1958128#669
1957124#684
1956123#678
1955114#689
1954107#698
1953122#643
1952109#659
1951131#617
1950125#611
1949133#584
1948131#583
1947124#611
1946124#577
194594#624
1944112#579
1943130#550
1942127#543
1941131#516
1940105#579
1939109#551
1938137#495
1937115#541
1936138#480
1935136#486
1934144#471
1933136#481
1932168#433
1931188#410
1930199#418
1929182#438
1928214#413
1927218#409
1926197#432
1925213#408
1924217#415
1923225#397
1922230#396
1921216#413
1920214#403
1919202#409
1918190#422
1917166#438
1916186#406
1915172#410
1914138#404
1913113#406
1912105#377
191150#404
191023#598
190926#505
190818#613
190720#540
190614#640
190519#525
190414#612
190314#595
19027#932
19016#942
190010#835
18995#1,050
18980–
18975#1,056
18960–
18950–
18945#1,073
18930–
18920–
18917#765

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Carmine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carmine, updated 20 October 2026.