Carmelita
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,965since 1887
Carmelita over time
Rank among girls' names. Carmelita has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 |
| 1998 | #3,353 | 36 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 |
| 1987 | #2,309 | 46 |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 |
| 1984 | #1,812 | 59 |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 |
| 1982 | #1,621 | 71 |
| 1981 | #1,596 | 73 |
| 1980 | #1,396 | 89 |
| 1979 | #1,461 | 82 |
| 1978 | #1,502 | 75 |
| 1977 | #1,325 | 87 |
| 1976 | #1,307 | 83 |
| 1975 | #1,074 | 109 |
| 1974 | #969 | 127 |
| 1973 | #894 | 140 |
| 1972 | #1,022 | 114 |
| 1971 | #1,389 | 76 |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 |
| 1968 | #1,157 | 87 |
| 1967 | #1,147 | 85 |
| 1966 | #1,161 | 84 |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 |
| 1964 | #1,182 | 87 |
| 1963 | #1,056 | 103 |
| 1962 | #1,066 | 102 |
| 1961 | #1,101 | 99 |
| 1960 | #1,029 | 109 |
| 1959 | #997 | 112 |
| 1958 | #1,059 | 98 |
| 1957 | #946 | 118 |
| 1956 | #969 | 108 |
| 1955 | #1,112 | 80 |
| 1954 | #978 | 99 |
| 1953 | #944 | 100 |
| 1952 | #992 | 91 |
| 1951 | #1,050 | 78 |
| 1950 | #978 | 86 |
| 1949 | #1,023 | 76 |
| 1948 | #1,095 | 66 |
| 1947 | #1,106 | 65 |
| 1946 | #1,015 | 69 |
| 1945 | #914 | 68 |
| 1944 | #937 | 68 |
| 1943 | #807 | 91 |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 |
| 1941 | #830 | 76 |
| 1940 | #726 | 92 |
| 1939 | #878 | 64 |
| 1938 | #899 | 62 |
| 1937 | #836 | 68 |
| 1936 | #853 | 63 |
| 1935 | #775 | 76 |
| 1934 | #736 | 82 |
| 1933 | #745 | 78 |
| 1932 | #740 | 83 |
| 1931 | #708 | 89 |
| 1930 | #664 | 107 |
| 1929 | #855 | 69 |
| 1928 | #781 | 84 |
| 1927 | #883 | 71 |
| 1926 | #814 | 80 |
| 1925 | #841 | 78 |
| 1924 | #903 | 70 |
| 1923 | #1,015 | 55 |
| 1922 | #997 | 56 |
| 1921 | #1,045 | 52 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 |
| 1919 | #984 | 53 |
| 1918 | #1,091 | 45 |
| 1917 | #1,002 | 49 |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 |
| 1915 | #1,115 | 37 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 |
| 1913 | #946 | 32 |
| 1912 | #919 | 30 |
| 1911 | #958 | 21 |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Carmelita! It came in at #937, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Carmelita is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#309 · 1 in 1,449
- Arizona#387 · 1 in 2,133
- Louisiana#669 · 1 in 6,408
- Michigan#786 · 1 in 12,254
- California#842 · 1 in 10,250
Best ever in a state: #138 in Arizona, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #309 | 6 | 1 in 1,449 |
| Arizona | #387 | 6 | 1 in 2,133 |
| Louisiana | #669 | 5 | 1 in 6,408 |
| Michigan | #786 | 6 | 1 in 12,254 |
| California | #842 | 15 | 1 in 10,250 |
| New York | #1,389 | 5 | 1 in 29,166 |
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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 Carmelita
- 240 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #7,491)
- 862 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #7,491)
- 1,990 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #7,491)
- Biggest jump: 310 spots in 1897 (#1,292 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 316 spots in 1914 (#946 → #1,262)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1930 at #664 (107 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 55 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1924–1945
- Highest: 1 in 10,416 girls born in 1973 were named Carmelita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #664 in 1930, was only 1 in 10,523 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.9% of all girls named Carmelita (970) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #902 (1889) | #920 |
| 1890s | 90 | #796 (1891) | #1,075 |
| 1900s | 127 | #885 (1900) | #1,074 |
| 1910s | 350 | #919 (1912) | #1,045 |
| 1920s | 669 | #781 (1928) | #914 |
| 1930s | 772 | #664 (1930) | #783 |
| 1940s | 748 | #726 (1940) | #934 |
| 1950s | 970 | #944 (1953) | #1,003 |
| 1960s | 909 | #1,029 (1960) | #1,142 |
| 1970s | 968 | #894 (1973) | #1,233 |
| 1980s | 562 | #1,396 (1980) | #2,083 |
| 1990s | 353 | #2,687 (1992) | #3,343 |
| 2000s | 221 | #4,107 (2001) | #5,806 |
| 2010s | 144 | #5,557 (2012) | #8,122 |
| 2020s | 66 | #6,629 (2020) | #8,123 |
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.
Carmelita in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 20,145 of them was named Carmelita, which outranked 84.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,153Susannah85
- #1,153Suzie85
- #1,153Thomasina85
- #1,161Carmelita84
- #1,161Darcie84
- #1,161Janene84
- #1,161Lani84
- #1,171Cammie83
- #1,171Carlotta83
- #1,171Charlette83
Tied with 9 names at #1,161; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.