Carmyn
Carmyn was the 3730th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 2723rd with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 333 places. More babies were named Carmyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Carmen) from Mount Carmel (garden); also linked to Latin 'song' · Hebrew, Spanish, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #3,730 girls, down 1,007 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 40girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202061 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,065babies recorded
What does the name Carmyn mean?
Carmyn is a spelling of Carmen, pronounced the same way, so it shares Carmen's meaning and origin.
Carmen is a Spanish name from the Marian title Virgen del Carmen, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Wiktionary derives Carmel from Hebrew karmel, "garden, orchard" or "vineyard of God". The Random House dictionary instead gives Latin carmen, "song", which matches in spelling and has influenced how the name is understood. Bizet's opera Carmen (1875) made it famous outside Spain.
כַּרְמֶל (Biblical Hebrew, “Carmel; garden, orchard”)carmen (Latin, “song (proposed)”)
How sure is this? Disputed. Wiktionary derives it from Carmel; the Random House dictionary gives Latin 'song'.
Related names: Carmel, Carmela, Carmine.
See also: Spanish names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Carmen', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Carmel', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'Carmen', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
Carmyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,730 | 40 |
| 2020 | #2,723 | 61 |
| 2010 | #3,834 | 40 |
| 2000 | #6,870 | 15 |
| 1990 | #9,386 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Carmyn, counting every spelling?
Carmyn is a spelling of Carmen, a name family that ranked #323 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,730 for Carmyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,016 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen | 798 | #389 | 3,673 |
| Karmen | 105 | #1,875 | 548 |
| Karmyn | 51 | #3,149 | 373 |
| Carmyn | 40 | #3,730 | 190 |
| Karmin | 11 | #9,154 | 63 |
| Carmin | 6 | #13,529 | 40 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Carmyn?
40 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carmyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Carmyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 210 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carmyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Carmyn?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Carmyn are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 19. That makes Carmyn a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Carmyn by state
How common Carmyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Carmyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carmyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Carmyn
What does Carmyn mean?
Carmyn is a spelling of Carmen, usually explained as “from Mount Carmel (garden); also linked to Latin 'song'”, but this is disputed. Certainty: disputed.
How popular is the name Carmyn?
Carmyn was the 3730th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 2723rd with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 333 places. More babies were named Carmyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Carmyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Carmyn in the US.
Where is Carmyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Carmyn was most common in Louisiana (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Georgia.