Carmelo
Carmelo was given to 377 boys in 2025, #712 among boys’ names; 13,173 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,800 Americans named Carmelo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 8 and 37.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Carmelo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Carmelo mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Carmelo is “a male given name”
/kaɾˈmelo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Carmelo?
#712 among boys’ names, 2025
Carmelo fell from #708 in 2015 to #712 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 0.18 to 0.22 per 1,000.
516 babies in 2013, the peak
Carmelo peaked in 2013, when 516 boys were given it, #515 among boys’ names. The 377 births of 2025 are 73% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 377 | #712 | 0.22 |
| 2024 | 386 | #699 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | 356 | #739 | 0.21 |
| 2022 | 376 | #702 | 0.22 |
| 2021 | 386 | #688 | 0.22 |
| 2020 | 346 | #717 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 349 | #708 | 0.19 |
| 2018 | 334 | #718 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 308 | #761 | 0.17 |
| 2016 | 354 | #699 | 0.19 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 353 | #708 | 0.18 |
| 2014 | 402 | #654 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 516 | #515 | 0.27 |
| 2012 | 445 | #578 | 0.23 |
| 2011 | 430 | #584 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 286 | #779 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 261 | #832 | 0.13 |
| 2008 | 216 | #940 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 241 | #861 | 0.12 |
| 2006 | 226 | #875 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 198 | #904 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 186 | #914 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,348 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 61 | #1,849 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,152 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 51 | #1,990 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,099 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 52 | #1,872 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 52 | #1,812 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,741 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 63 | #1,505 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 59 | #1,561 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 60 | #1,519 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,619 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,585 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,344 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,318 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,204 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,202 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 70 | #1,110 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 83 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 85 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 75 | #991 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 82 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 80 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 83 | #885 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 81 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 124 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 81 | #904 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 103 | #800 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 110 | #747 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 89 | #785 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 90 | #768 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 93 | #757 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 87 | #797 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 79 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 88 | #807 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 78 | #856 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 81 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 66 | #928 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 76 | #875 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 86 | #808 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 82 | #834 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 71 | #889 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 74 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 74 | #841 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,025 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 53 | #981 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,023 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,168 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,112 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,351 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,274 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,605 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,227 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,686 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,403 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,418 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,580 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,299 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,314 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,349 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 44 | #956 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,119 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 48 | #897 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 44 | #994 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 55 | #860 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 65 | #805 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,027 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 55 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 89 | #686 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 60 | #860 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 93 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 85 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 95 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 96 | #654 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 71 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 84 | #706 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 88 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 71 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 78 | #681 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 72 | #700 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 58 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 54 | #700 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 32 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 25 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,128 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,095 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,271 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,082 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Carmelo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Carmelo has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 120 years of records.
Girls and boys named Carmelo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Carmelo, and how old are they?
10,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 13,173 Americans ever recorded as Carmelo. The median Carmelo alive today is 15 years old; half are between 8 and 37.
The 2020 Census counted 12,863 people named Carmelo (65 women and girls, 12,798 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,931 born in the U.S. The Census count is 44% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 94 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 806 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,240 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 971 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,860 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,810 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Carmelo born?
The states with the most babies named Carmelo are Florida, Texas and New York, with 35% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 40 | #458 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 39 | #711 | 0.7× |
| New York | 38 | #452 | 3.6× |
| California | 30 | #810 | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 19 | #416 | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 19 | #518 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 13 | #717 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #710 | 0.7× |
| Arizona | 12 | #566 | 0.6× |
| Connecticut | 11 | #286 | 2.1× |
Where Carmelo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Carmelo is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 3.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Carmelo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 17,441 babies since 1880, Carmelo is the most given (76% of them). In 2025 it was given to 377 of their 570 babies (66%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Carmelo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Carmelo and names like it
- Compare Carmelo and CarmelloBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sCarmelo peaked in 2013.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Carmelo since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Carmelo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2013The year the most babies were named Carmelo.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Carmelo alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.