Carmella
#1,285 for girls in 2025, 174 births
- Peak · girls
- 1922 · 554 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,653since 1891
Carmella over time
Rank among girls' names. Carmella 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,285 | 174 |
| 2024 | #1,341 | 170 |
| 2023 | #1,415 | 158 |
| 2022 | #1,336 | 176 |
| 2021 | #1,460 | 147 |
| 2020 | #1,373 | 158 |
| 2019 | #1,315 | 174 |
| 2018 | #1,413 | 158 |
| 2017 | #1,409 | 162 |
| 2016 | #1,523 | 148 |
| 2015 | #1,493 | 153 |
| 2014 | #1,436 | 158 |
| 2013 | #1,487 | 149 |
| 2012 | #1,359 | 172 |
| 2011 | #1,564 | 140 |
| 2010 | #1,574 | 139 |
| 2009 | #1,538 | 147 |
| 2008 | #1,547 | 149 |
| 2007 | #1,602 | 139 |
| 2006 | #1,530 | 143 |
| 2005 | #1,565 | 130 |
| 2004 | #1,667 | 116 |
| 2003 | #1,947 | 93 |
| 2002 | #2,414 | 66 |
| 2001 | #2,075 | 80 |
| 2000 | #2,940 | 48 |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 |
| 1997 | #3,105 | 38 |
| 1996 | #2,849 | 42 |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 |
| 1993 | #3,108 | 37 |
| 1992 | #2,220 | 60 |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 |
| 1990 | #1,923 | 72 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #2,152 | 53 |
| 1987 | #1,699 | 71 |
| 1986 | #1,572 | 76 |
| 1985 | #1,621 | 73 |
| 1984 | #1,550 | 73 |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 |
| 1982 | #1,436 | 84 |
| 1981 | #1,475 | 82 |
| 1980 | #1,735 | 64 |
| 1979 | #1,517 | 77 |
| 1978 | #1,558 | 70 |
| 1977 | #1,857 | 54 |
| 1976 | #1,316 | 82 |
| 1975 | #1,342 | 80 |
| 1974 | #1,438 | 70 |
| 1973 | #1,143 | 96 |
| 1972 | #1,073 | 107 |
| 1971 | #1,103 | 108 |
| 1970 | #940 | 135 |
| 1969 | #943 | 127 |
| 1968 | #893 | 133 |
| 1967 | #843 | 144 |
| 1966 | #955 | 113 |
| 1965 | #832 | 143 |
| 1964 | #844 | 152 |
| 1963 | #874 | 144 |
| 1962 | #911 | 135 |
| 1961 | #863 | 152 |
| 1960 | #804 | 165 |
| 1959 | #915 | 131 |
| 1958 | #783 | 163 |
| 1957 | #821 | 152 |
| 1956 | #779 | 160 |
| 1955 | #783 | 151 |
| 1954 | #852 | 123 |
| 1953 | #760 | 144 |
| 1952 | #825 | 122 |
| 1951 | #690 | 161 |
| 1950 | #675 | 158 |
| 1949 | #665 | 156 |
| 1948 | #747 | 129 |
| 1947 | #617 | 184 |
| 1946 | #698 | 133 |
| 1945 | #707 | 111 |
| 1944 | #635 | 133 |
| 1943 | #605 | 154 |
| 1942 | #550 | 182 |
| 1941 | #545 | 168 |
| 1940 | #500 | 191 |
| 1939 | #512 | 170 |
| 1938 | #478 | 193 |
| 1937 | #468 | 196 |
| 1936 | #467 | 189 |
| 1935 | #436 | 219 |
| 1934 | #419 | 245 |
| 1933 | #397 | 261 |
| 1932 | #395 | 274 |
| 1931 | #383 | 287 |
| 1930 | #353 | 358 |
| 1929 | #323 | 407 |
| 1928 | #334 | 399 |
| 1927 | #300 | 495 |
| 1926 | #298 | 500 |
| 1925 | #303 | 482 |
| 1924 | #295 | 514 |
| 1923 | #304 | 450 |
| 1922 | #276 | 554 |
| 1921 | #295 | 496 |
| 1920 | #302 | 464 |
| 1919 | #300 | 442 |
| 1918 | #301 | 455 |
| 1917 | #301 | 423 |
| 1916 | #297 | 412 |
| 1915 | #303 | 371 |
| 1914 | #339 | 245 |
| 1913 | #355 | 186 |
| 1912 | #384 | 143 |
| 1911 | #407 | 97 |
| 1910 | #417 | 89 |
| 1909 | #456 | 67 |
| 1908 | #417 | 75 |
| 1907 | #521 | 47 |
| 1906 | #453 | 57 |
| 1905 | #528 | 42 |
| 1904 | #493 | 44 |
| 1903 | #527 | 37 |
| 1902 | #600 | 30 |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 |
| 1900 | #725 | 25 |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#852 · 1 in 7,970
- Ohio#1,039 · 1 in 11,696
- Illinois#1,259 · 1 in 12,922
- New York#1,743 · 1 in 19,836
Best ever in a state: #73 in Rhode Island, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #852 | 5 | 1 in 7,970 |
| Ohio | #1,039 | 6 | 1 in 11,696 |
| Illinois | #1,259 | 6 | 1 in 12,922 |
| New York | #1,743 | 6 | 1 in 19,836 |
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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 Carmella
- 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)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1922 at #276 (554 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1896–1970
- 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%)
- 23.1% of all girls named Carmella (4,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 107 | #644 (1899) | #894 |
| 1900s | 444 | #417 (1908) | #544 |
| 1910s | 2,863 | #297 (1916) | #340 |
| 1920s | 4,761 | #276 (1922) | #303 |
| 1930s | 2,392 | #353 (1930) | #431 |
| 1940s | 1,541 | #500 (1940) | #627 |
| 1950s | 1,465 | #675 (1950) | #788 |
| 1960s | 1,408 | #804 (1960) | #876 |
| 1970s | 879 | #940 (1970) | #1,329 |
| 1980s | 690 | #1,436 (1982) | #1,735 |
| 1990s | 456 | #1,923 (1990) | #2,858 |
| 2000s | 1,111 | #1,530 (2006) | #1,883 |
| 2010s | 1,553 | #1,315 (2019) | #1,457 |
| 2020s | 983 | #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 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 31,780 of them was named Carmella, which outranked 85.7% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,189Uniqua60
- #2,189Vianey60
- #2,189Viola60
- #2,215Carmella59
- #2,215Abagail59
- #2,215Augusta59
- #2,215Cornelia59
- #2,242Allissa58
- #2,242Alyxandra58
- #2,242Angelika58
Tied with 26 names at #2,215; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.