Carmelle — girls' name
324 babies named Carmelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
19% of everyone ever named Carmelle was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Carmelle in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carmelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 324 babies named Carmelle between 1924 and 2023, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carmelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carmelle performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Carmelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carmelle 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 324 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.
Carmelle at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carmelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1924
- Peak year (1963)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
324 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 11 births in a single year.
Carmelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 61 births that decade — 19% of Carmelle's all-time total
Carmelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Carmelle's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% 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, 1924–2023 (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.