Karmella
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 32 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 521since 1960
Karmella over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karmella has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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First appearance
1960
The first year at least five girls were named Karmella! It came in at #6,390, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Karmella is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Karmella in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,324 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #7,491)
- 2,611 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #7,491)
- 1,838 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2012 at #4,486 (32 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 55,033
- Highest: 1 in 55,033 girls born in 2012 were named Karmella (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 43.8% of all girls named Karmella (228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,597 |
| 1970s | 16 | #7,995 (1970) | #8,309 |
| 1980s | 41 | #8,153 (1984) | #9,971 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 103 | #5,537 (2009) | #10,765 |
| 2010s | 228 | #4,486 (2012) | #5,880 |
| 2020s | 123 | #4,880 (2020) | #5,952 |
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.
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