Carmelo
Last seen for girls in 1923 at #4,967 · #710 for boys in 2025, 377 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 516 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,168since 1904
Carmelo over time
Rank among boys' names. Carmelo has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #710 | 377 | |
| 2024 | — | #699 | 386 | |
| 2023 | — | #738 | 356 | |
| 2022 | — | #701 | 376 | |
| 2021 | — | #688 | 386 | |
| 2020 | — | #717 | 346 | |
| 2019 | — | #708 | 349 | |
| 2018 | — | #718 | 334 | |
| 2017 | — | #761 | 308 | |
| 2016 | — | #698 | 354 | |
| 2015 | — | #708 | 353 | |
| 2014 | — | #653 | 402 | |
| 2013 | — | #515 | 516 | |
| 2012 | — | #578 | 445 | |
| 2011 | — | #584 | 430 | |
| 2010 | — | #779 | 286 | |
| 2009 | — | #831 | 261 | |
| 2008 | — | #940 | 216 | |
| 2007 | — | #861 | 241 | |
| 2006 | — | #875 | 226 | |
| 2005 | — | #904 | 198 | |
| 2004 | — | #915 | 186 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,348 | 101 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,851 | 61 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,151 | 48 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,993 | 51 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,098 | 45 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,871 | 52 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,814 | 52 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,740 | 53 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,508 | 63 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,564 | 59 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,524 | 60 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,621 | 54 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,589 | 53 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,409 | 63 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,349 | 66 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,319 | 61 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,202 | 64 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,199 | 63 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,110 | 70 | |
| 1984 | — | #976 | 83 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,049 | 71 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,039 | 76 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,133 | 65 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,089 | 69 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,044 | 71 | |
| 1978 | — | #938 | 85 | |
| 1977 | — | #989 | 75 | |
| 1976 | — | #921 | 82 | |
| 1975 | — | #916 | 80 | |
| 1974 | — | #885 | 83 | |
| 1973 | — | #885 | 81 | |
| 1972 | — | #717 | 124 | |
| 1971 | — | #904 | 81 | |
| 1970 | — | #800 | 103 | |
| 1969 | — | #747 | 110 | |
| 1968 | — | #784 | 89 | |
| 1967 | — | #768 | 90 | |
| 1966 | — | #757 | 93 | |
| 1965 | — | #796 | 87 | |
| 1964 | — | #854 | 79 | |
| 1963 | — | #807 | 88 | |
| 1962 | — | #856 | 78 | |
| 1961 | — | #852 | 81 | |
| 1960 | — | #927 | 66 | |
| 1959 | — | #875 | 76 | |
| 1958 | — | #807 | 86 | |
| 1957 | — | #835 | 82 | |
| 1956 | — | #889 | 71 | |
| 1955 | — | #855 | 74 | |
| 1954 | — | #842 | 74 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,025 | 50 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,017 | 48 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,168 | 38 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,110 | 40 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,346 | 29 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,271 | 33 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,601 | 20 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,683 | 17 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,399 | 25 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,297 | 26 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,310 | 26 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,344 | 25 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,225 | 29 | |
| 1935 | — | #956 | 44 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,116 | 35 | |
| 1933 | — | #895 | 48 | |
| 1932 | — | #992 | 44 | |
| 1931 | — | #858 | 55 | |
| 1930 | — | #802 | 65 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,026 | 44 | |
| 1928 | — | #902 | 55 | |
| 1927 | — | #684 | 89 | |
| 1926 | — | #855 | 60 | |
| 1925 | — | #663 | 93 | |
| 1924 | — | #716 | 85 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #657 | 95 |
| 1922 | — | #653 | 96 | |
| 1921 | — | #804 | 71 | |
| 1920 | — | #705 | 84 | |
| 1919 | — | #657 | 88 | |
| 1918 | — | #773 | 71 | |
| 1917 | — | #680 | 78 | |
| 1916 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1915 | — | #791 | 58 | |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | — | #855 | 32 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Carmelo! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Carmelo is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Connecticut#322 · 1 in 1,801
- South Carolina#369 · 1 in 1,956
- New York#467 · 1 in 3,025
- Florida#476 · 1 in 2,893
- Tennessee#477 · 1 in 2,610
Best ever in a state: #140 in Connecticut, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #322 | 8 | 1 in 1,801 |
| South Carolina | #369 | 11 | 1 in 1,956 |
| New York | #467 | 34 | 1 in 3,025 |
| Florida | #476 | 34 | 1 in 2,893 |
| Tennessee | #477 | 14 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Wisconsin | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,024 |
| New Jersey | #541 | 12 | 1 in 3,466 |
| Massachusetts | #561 | 7 | 1 in 4,223 |
| North Carolina | #562 | 14 | 1 in 3,715 |
| Alabama | #566 | 7 | 1 in 3,312 |
| Pennsylvania | #616 | 13 | 1 in 4,602 |
| Georgia | #661 | 13 | 1 in 4,227 |
| Illinois | #671 | 14 | 1 in 4,742 |
| Ohio | #687 | 12 | 1 in 5,024 |
| Oklahoma | #702 | 5 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Maryland | #708 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| California | #743 | 37 | 1 in 6,116 |
| Texas | #746 | 32 | 1 in 5,878 |
| Minnesota | #783 | 5 | 1 in 5,677 |
| Indiana | #790 | 6 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Louisiana | #808 | 5 | 1 in 5,096 |
| Michigan | #808 | 8 | 1 in 5,971 |
| Virginia | #885 | 6 | 1 in 7,070 |
| Washington | #947 | 5 | 1 in 7,355 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Carmelo
- 11 spots since 2024 (#699 → #710)
- 7 spots since 2020 (#717 → #710)
- 2 spots since 2015 (#708 → #710)
- Biggest jump: 513 spots in 1911 (#1,118 → #605)
- Biggest drop: 490 spots in 1912 (#605 → #1,095)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 2013 at #515 (516 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1954–1978
- Highest: 1 in 3,666 boys born in 2013 were named Carmelo (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,531 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 28.7% of all boys named Carmelo (3,777) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,193 |
| 1910s | 505 | #605 (1911) | #797 |
| 1920s | 772 | #653 (1922) | #767 |
| 1930s | 397 | #802 (1930) | #1,080 |
| 1940s | 257 | #1,110 (1949) | #1,412 |
| 1950s | 652 | #807 (1958) | #929 |
| 1960s | 861 | #747 (1969) | #815 |
| 1970s | 865 | #717 (1972) | #900 |
| 1980s | 688 | #976 (1984) | #1,147 |
| 1990s | 554 | #1,409 (1990) | #1,674 |
| 2000s | 1,589 | #831 (2009) | #1,267 |
| 2010s | 3,777 | #515 (2013) | #670 |
| 2020s | 2,227 | #688 (2021) | #709 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carmelo in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 5,430 of them was named Carmelo, which outranked 95.0% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).