Carmela
#1,219 for girls in 2025, 186 births · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1923 · 586 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 24,506since 1882
Carmela over time
Rank among girls' names. Carmela has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,219 | 186 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,156 | 208 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,455 | 153 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,612 | 131 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,554 | 135 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,533 | 138 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,474 | 149 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,774 | 115 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,815 | 114 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,775 | 117 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,831 | 113 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,692 | 124 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,754 | 117 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,160 | 87 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,093 | 94 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,848 | 115 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,880 | 113 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,792 | 119 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,691 | 124 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,624 | 124 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,746 | 110 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,874 | 98 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,142 | 78 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,331 | 68 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,151 | 63 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,982 | 69 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,102 | 65 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,241 | 58 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,830 | 78 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,034 | 67 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,781 | 81 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,651 | 83 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,660 | 78 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,620 | 73 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,373 | 94 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #1,389 | 85 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,230 | 107 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,248 | 104 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,068 | 132 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 100 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,117 | 116 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,118 | 114 | — | |
| 1976 | #949 | 134 | — | |
| 1975 | #831 | 162 | — | |
| 1974 | #896 | 142 | — | |
| 1973 | #890 | 141 | — | |
| 1972 | #855 | 151 | — | |
| 1971 | #836 | 164 | — | |
| 1970 | #795 | 176 | — | |
| 1969 | #713 | 199 | — | |
| 1968 | #727 | 182 | — | |
| 1967 | #671 | 205 | — | |
| 1966 | #701 | 195 | — | |
| 1965 | #714 | 192 | — | |
| 1964 | #682 | 225 | — | |
| 1963 | #711 | 206 | — | |
| 1962 | #635 | 253 | — | |
| 1961 | #705 | 221 | — | |
| 1960 | #697 | 213 | — | |
| 1959 | #675 | 219 | — | |
| 1958 | #716 | 190 | — | |
| 1957 | #741 | 181 | — | |
| 1956 | #707 | 183 | — | |
| 1955 | #788 | 148 | — | |
| 1954 | #789 | 141 | — | |
| 1953 | #749 | 148 | — | |
| 1952 | #670 | 174 | — | |
| 1951 | #706 | 153 | — | |
| 1950 | #625 | 183 | — | |
| 1949 | #660 | 161 | — | |
| 1948 | #629 | 172 | — | |
| 1947 | #631 | 176 | — | |
| 1946 | #635 | 154 | — | |
| 1945 | #585 | 156 | — | |
| 1944 | #616 | 141 | — | |
| 1943 | #526 | 203 | — | |
| 1942 | #529 | 196 | — | |
| 1941 | #525 | 176 | — | |
| 1940 | #490 | 196 | — | |
| 1939 | #473 | 198 | — | |
| 1938 | #466 | 209 | — | |
| 1937 | #452 | 209 | — | |
| 1936 | #425 | 233 | — | |
| 1935 | #406 | 252 | — | |
| 1934 | #388 | 275 | — | |
| 1933 | #363 | 305 | — | |
| 1932 | #325 | 384 | — | |
| 1931 | #334 | 363 | — | |
| 1930 | #311 | 457 | — | |
| 1929 | #292 | 498 | — | |
| 1928 | #300 | 499 | — | |
| 1927 | #292 | 529 | — | |
| 1926 | #292 | 524 | — | |
| 1925 | #280 | 565 | — | |
| 1924 | #273 | 578 | — | |
| 1923 | #266 | 586 | — | |
| 1922 | #271 | 574 | — | |
| 1921 | #279 | 564 | — | |
| 1920 | #290 | 513 | — | |
| 1919 | #291 | 480 | — | |
| 1918 | #277 | 517 | — | |
| 1917 | #281 | 479 | — | |
| 1916 | #279 | 451 | — | |
| 1915 | #281 | 430 | — | |
| 1914 | #284 | 341 | — | |
| 1913 | #306 | 238 | — | |
| 1912 | #314 | 213 | — | |
| 1911 | #302 | 172 | — | |
| 1910 | #330 | 140 | — | |
| 1909 | #351 | 106 | — | |
| 1908 | #348 | 105 | — | |
| 1907 | #324 | 113 | — | |
| 1906 | #342 | 94 | — | |
| 1905 | #357 | 88 | — | |
| 1904 | #372 | 78 | — | |
| 1903 | #381 | 69 | — | |
| 1902 | #398 | 61 | — | |
| 1901 | #448 | 44 | — | |
| 1900 | #440 | 57 | — | |
| 1899 | #416 | 49 | — | |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 | — | |
| 1897 | #521 | 32 | — | |
| 1896 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1895 | #480 | 37 | — | |
| 1894 | #516 | 31 | — | |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | — | |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 | — | |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 | — | |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Carmela! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carmela is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#605 · 1 in 4,825
- New Jersey#716 · 1 in 6,211
- California#981 · 1 in 9,542
- Pennsylvania#1,003 · 1 in 13,869
- Illinois#1,102 · 1 in 12,525
Best ever in a state: #76 in Delaware, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #605 | 21 | 1 in 4,825 |
| New Jersey | #716 | 6 | 1 in 6,211 |
| California | #981 | 19 | 1 in 9,542 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,003 | 5 | 1 in 13,869 |
| Illinois | #1,102 | 6 | 1 in 12,525 |
| Texas | #1,207 | 9 | 1 in 13,748 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Carmela
- 63 spots since 2024 (#1,156 → #1,219)
- 314 spots since 2020 (#1,533 → #1,219)
- 612 spots since 2015 (#1,831 → #1,219)
- Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1891 (#940 → #624)
- Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1890 (#657 → #940)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1923 at #266 (586 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1888–1976
- Highest: 1 in 2,059 girls born in 1923 were named Carmela (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,641 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.2% of all girls named Carmela (5,430) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #612 (1888) | #726 |
| 1890s | 280 | #416 (1899) | #597 |
| 1900s | 815 | #324 (1907) | #376 |
| 1910s | 3,461 | #277 (1918) | #295 |
| 1920s | 5,430 | #266 (1923) | #284 |
| 1930s | 2,885 | #311 (1930) | #394 |
| 1940s | 1,731 | #490 (1940) | #583 |
| 1950s | 1,720 | #625 (1950) | #717 |
| 1960s | 2,091 | #635 (1962) | #696 |
| 1970s | 1,400 | #795 (1970) | #956 |
| 1980s | 895 | #1,068 (1980) | #1,455 |
| 1990s | 674 | #1,781 (1990) | #2,088 |
| 2000s | 1,005 | #1,624 (2005) | #1,956 |
| 2010s | 1,131 | #1,474 (2019) | #1,832 |
| 2020s | 951 | #1,156 (2024) | #1,422 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carmela in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 16,039 of them was named Carmela, which outranked 89.8% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,239Rayna105
- #1,239Sharlene105
- #1,239Shaunna105
- #1,248Carmela104
- #1,248Brie104
- #1,248Olympia104
- #1,248Taina104
- #1,253Anika103
- #1,253Bessie103
- #1,253Juli103
Tied with 4 names at #1,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.