Carnella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carnella

The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Carnella between 1921 and 1989, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carnella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carnella performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carnella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carnella 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 70 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.