Carmella — #1343 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carmella

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,477 babies named Carmella between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carmella currently holds the #1343 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 554 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carmella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 4,761 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Carmella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,091 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Carmella in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carmella 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 20,477 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.