Girls' name · since 1915
Carmilla
Carmilla has 451 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,308 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 451
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Carmilla is the #13308 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 451 recorded since 1915.
Carmilla has 451 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13308 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #12,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,308 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 451 born since 1915
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carmilla ranks #12,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,308 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 451 born since 1915, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,308 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 451
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carmilla's 451 recorded births place it above 82.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Carmilla compares
451 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Carmilla's all-time total is 20% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carmilla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 451 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carmilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carmilla's full recorded timeline at 1967, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carmilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Carmilla by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (85 births, 19% of the file).
1970s was Carmilla's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Carmilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 28
1910s
28 births
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
71 births
- 1970s
1970s
85 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 85 births (19% of all-time use).
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What to do with Carmilla's data
- Carmilla's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carmilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Carmilla 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.