How Many People Are Named Carmon?
An estimated 1,482 people in the United States have the first name Carmon. It is used for both genders, with 55.9% female. The average bearer is 55 years old, and Carmon peaked in popularity in 1923 with 60 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carmon as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carmon paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Carmon is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
Estimated Living Americans
1,482
About 1 in 231,278 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
55.9% confidence
Average Age
55
years old
Peak Year
1923
60 births
Total Registered
2,836
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carmon
Carmon is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (44.1%) and females (55.9%). Out of 2,836 total births registered, 1,250 were male and 1,586 were female.
Carmon as a male name
Ranked #12,510 in 2016
5 male births in 2016
Peak: 1923 (41 births)
Carmon as a female name
Ranked #15,997 in 2019
5 female births in 2019
Peak: 1968 (47 births)
Carmon: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carmon span from the 1890s to the 2010s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 440 babies were registered. Carmon has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carmon by Decade
How has Carmon tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carmon by State
Birth registrations for Carmon span all 10 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama. The lowest are in Oklahoma, Mississippi, Georgia. On average, about 16 Carmons were registered per state.
Carmon + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carmon as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carmon
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carmon: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carmon?
We estimate approximately 1,482 people named Carmon are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 231,278 Americans share this first name.
Is Carmon a common name?
Carmon is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,836 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carmon most popular?
Carmon reached peak popularity in 1923, when 60 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carmon is approximately 55 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carmon a female name?
Carmon is predominantly female. 55.9% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carmon Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carmon Smith, Carmon Johnson, Carmon Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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