Carmela — #1155 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carmela

The Social Security Administration has registered 24,318 babies named Carmela between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carmela currently holds the #1155 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 586 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carmela performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,430 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Carmela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 9,266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Carmela in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carmela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24,318 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.