Carmie
The Story of Carmie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Carmie as a girl name dates back to 1904, when 5 babies received it. 1956 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Carmie — #3,321 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Carmie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Carmie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1978, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 368 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Carmie as a boy name dates back to 1912, when 5 babies received it. 1919 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Carmie — #3,115 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Carmie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Carmie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1936, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 60 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Carmie
Carmie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1904 and has accumulated 368 births in the dataset. Carmie's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #3,321. Use the chart and map above to compare Carmie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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