Carmella

#1,285 for girls in 2025, 174 births

Peak · girls
1922 · 554 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,653
since 1891

Carmella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carmella has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #276, 1922girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,285174
2024#1,341170
2023#1,415158
2022#1,336176
2021#1,460147
2020#1,373158
2019#1,315174
2018#1,413158
2017#1,409162
2016#1,523148
2015#1,493153
2014#1,436158
2013#1,487149
2012#1,359172
2011#1,564140
2010#1,574139
2009#1,538147
2008#1,547149
2007#1,602139
2006#1,530143
2005#1,565130
2004#1,667116
2003#1,94793
2002#2,41466
2001#2,07580
2000#2,94048
1999#2,81248
1998#3,83130
1997#3,10538
1996#2,84942
1995#2,97739
1994#3,53631
1993#3,10837
1992#2,22060
1991#2,21559
1990#1,92372
1989#2,47846
1988#2,15253
1987#1,69971
1986#1,57276
1985#1,62173
1984#1,55073
1983#1,62968
1982#1,43684
1981#1,47582
1980#1,73564
1979#1,51777
1978#1,55870
1977#1,85754
1976#1,31682
1975#1,34280
1974#1,43870
1973#1,14396
1972#1,073107
1971#1,103108
1970#940135
1969#943127
1968#893133
1967#843144
1966#955113
1965#832143
1964#844152
1963#874144
1962#911135
1961#863152
1960#804165
1959#915131
1958#783163
1957#821152
1956#779160
1955#783151
1954#852123
1953#760144
1952#825122
1951#690161
1950#675158
1949#665156
1948#747129
1947#617184
1946#698133
1945#707111
1944#635133
1943#605154
1942#550182
1941#545168
1940#500191
1939#512170
1938#478193
1937#468196
1936#467189
1935#436219
1934#419245
1933#397261
1932#395274
1931#383287
1930#353358
1929#323407
1928#334399
1927#300495
1926#298500
1925#303482
1924#295514
1923#304450
1922#276554
1921#295496
1920#302464
1919#300442
1918#301455
1917#301423
1916#297412
1915#303371
1914#339245
1913#355186
1912#384143
1911#40797
1910#41789
1909#45667
1908#41775
1907#52147
1906#45357
1905#52842
1904#49344
1903#52737
1902#60030
1901#72320
1900#72525
1899#64423
1898#79018
1897#93112
1896#90313
1895#1,1239
1894#85013
1893#90111
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1891#1,0068
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Carmella! It came in at #1,006, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1892, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Carmella is popular in 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Carmella
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 56 spots since 2024 (#1,341 → #1,285)
  • 88 spots since 2020 (#1,373 → #1,285)
  • 208 spots since 2015 (#1,493 → #1,285)
  • Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1896 (#1,123 → #903)
  • Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1895 (#850 → #1,123)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1922 at #276 (554 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1896–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,168
  • Highest: 1 in 2,168 girls born in 1922 were named Carmella (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,237 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.1% of all girls named Carmella (4,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s107#644 (1899)#894
1900s444#417 (1908)#544
1910s2,863#297 (1916)#340
1920s4,761#276 (1922)#303
1930s2,392#353 (1930)#431
1940s1,541#500 (1940)#627
1950s1,465#675 (1950)#788
1960s1,408#804 (1960)#876
1970s879#940 (1970)#1,329
1980s690#1,436 (1982)#1,735
1990s456#1,923 (1990)#2,858
2000s1,111#1,530 (2006)#1,883
2010s1,553#1,315 (2019)#1,457
2020s983#1,285 (2025)#1,368

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.

Carmella in 1904

girls
#493
44 births · 1 in 6,258 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #493Carmella44
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 6,258 of them was named Carmella, which outranked 77.2% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmella
  1. #484Zola46
  2. #491Juana45
  3. #491Ramona45
  4. #493Carmella44
  5. #493Carolina44
  6. #493Charity44
  7. #493Esta44
  8. #500Bella43
  9. #500Berta43
  10. #500Ethelyn43

Tied with 6 names at #493; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904 →