Karmen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 191 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
191
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Karmen by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Karmen. In the US, 191 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 245 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Karmen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Karmen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Karenpure; a form of Catherine559 in the US (2017)
  • Karsenfollower of Christ; a modern respelling of Karsten234 in the US (2017)
  • Karmingarden or orchard; a form of Carmine18 in the US (2017)
  • Kareengenerous; a form of Karim11 in the US (2017)
  • Karrenvariant of Karen; pure
  • Karmyn94 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Karmen

Names that are said the same way as Karmen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
  • Carmynsong or poem; possibly from Mount Carmel; a modern respelling of Carmen48 in the US (2017)
  • Carminsong or verse; a form of Carmen9 in the US (2017)
  • Carmynn9 in the US (2017)
  • Karmon7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Karmen

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