Carmeleta — girls' name
25 babies named Carmeleta in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Carmeleta was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Carmeleta in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carmeleta
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Carmeleta between 1922 and 1957, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carmeleta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carmeleta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Carmeleta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carmeleta 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 25 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.
Carmeleta at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carmeleta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1922
- Peak year (1922)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1957.
25 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 5 births in a single year.
Carmeleta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 15 births that decade — 60% of Carmeleta's all-time total
Carmeleta decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Carmeleta's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–1957 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.