Fun Facts About the Name Karmin
- 989 babies named Karmin: U.S. records list 989 babies given the name Karmin from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Karmin Mean?
Karmin is most often a German and Nordic spelling of Carmen, the Spanish name of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Carmen goes back to Carmel, the mountain in northern Israel whose Hebrew name karmel means "garden," "orchard," or "plantation." A long-standing reading of that Hebrew word takes it as kerem ("vineyard") plus el ("God"), which gives the customary sense "vineyard of God."
Two similar-looking words are not the source of the personal name. German Karmin also means "carmine," the red pigment, a term that reached German through French and Medieval Latin from Arabic qirmiz, the kermes insect dye. Latin carmen, "song," is an unrelated word that has sometimes been attached to Carmen by folk association. Neither one is the origin of the given name.
Karmin Name History & Origins
The name ultimately refers to Mount Carmel, the ridge in northern Israel associated with the prophet Elijah. In the 12th century hermits settled there and formed the Carmelite order; devotion to Mary under the title Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with its feast on July 16, grew out of that order in the following centuries. Spanish families gave the name María del Carmen to daughters, and the shorter form Carmen became a common Spanish given name. From Spanish it spread into other European languages, including French, Italian, and English.
In German-speaking regions and in the Nordic countries, the same name is frequently written Karmin, with K for the initial /k/ sound and -in for the final syllable, alongside the Carmen spelling. As a family name, Karmin is recorded in Poland and in Jewish communities, where it may come either from the German color word or from a place name; that derivation is not settled. The French opera Carmen (1875), based on a novella by Prosper Mérimée, made the Spanish form of the name widely familiar outside Spain. The American pop duo that performed as Karmin took its stage name from Latin carmen, "song" - a modern stage use, separate from the older personal name.
How Popular is the Name Karmin?
Karmin has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2013. Its best rank was #3,514 in 1968.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,154 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #9,203 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #7,820 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #8,270 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #7,819 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #8,661 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,870 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #6,381 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #6,667 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #3,890 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2015 | #4,187 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #4,053 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2013 | #3,671 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2012 | #4,432 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2011 | #4,623 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #5,170 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #5,625 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #4,952 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #5,801 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #4,517 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #6,673 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #5,849 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #7,387 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #12,877 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #6,792 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #9,515 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #9,886 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #13,224 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #7,060 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #7,834 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #7,778 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #7,859 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #11,141 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #6,835 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #6,407 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #12,061 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #7,203 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #6,855 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #5,169 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #5,936 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #8,745 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #4,839 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #6,421 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #5,703 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #6,553 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #5,088 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1979 | #5,228 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1978 | #10,470 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #4,520 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1976 | #4,741 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1975 | #4,238 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #4,316 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #4,680 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #4,401 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1971 | #5,738 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #6,048 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #3,855 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1968 | #3,514 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1967 | #4,775 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #6,136 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #5,028 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #4,216 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #4,689 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #4,124 | 11 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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