# Carmine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carmine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,437 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,950 / 487 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 51, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The given name is borrowed from Italian Carmine.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 9 | 5,099 |
| 1973 | 10 | 5,234 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8,947 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,250 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,479 |
| 1977 | 10 | 5,942 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,696 |
| 1979 | 5 | 10,417 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,046 |
| 2006 | 5 | 17,627 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,619 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,056 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,074 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,775 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,530 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 146 | 1,206 |
| 2012 | 126 | 1,347 |
| 2013 | 131 | 1,318 |
| 2014 | 155 | 1,191 |
| 2015 | 150 | 1,223 |
| 2016 | 129 | 1,373 |
| 2017 | 125 | 1,405 |
| 2018 | 127 | 1,386 |
| 2019 | 112 | 1,517 |
| 2020 | 132 | 1,348 |
| 2021 | 147 | 1,292 |
| 2022 | 151 | 1,278 |
| 2023 | 150 | 1,283 |
| 2024 | 196 | 1,100 |
| 2025 | 214 | 1,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Carmine

- Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
- Carmine Coppola, American composer (1910-1991)
- Carmine Appice, American drummer
- Carmine Caridi, American actor (1934-2019)
- Carmine Infantino, American comic book artist (1925-2013)
- Carmine Galante, American Mafia boss (1910-1979)
- Carmine Persico, American mob boss (1933–2019)
- Carmine Marcantonio, Canadian soccer player
- Charlie Mariano, American jazz saxophonist (1923–2009)
- Ron Dante, American musician, songwriter, record producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.