Girls' name · since 1977
Carmila
23 babies named Carmila in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Carmila is the #15386 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 23 recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Carmila recorded 23 times among girls since 1977, holding rank #15386 nationally today, ahead of 11% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #43,986 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,386 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carmila ranks #43,986 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,386 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #43,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Carmila's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Carmila compares
23 9th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carmila's all-time total is 94% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carmila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carmila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carmila splits its recorded history at 2024: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carmila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Carmila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Carmila's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Carmila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carmila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carmila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.