Names / Girl names
Carnation
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#3,553
in 1918
First recorded
1918
in U.S. data
Children named
37
since 1918
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,553 in 1918 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Carnation makes its debut in American naming records in 1918, where it reads as a girls' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 37 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.