Girls' name · since 1921
Carnella
Carnella has 70 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1921
- 1950s
- peak decade
Carnella is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 70 have been recorded since 1921.
Carnella has 70 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1989.
- #31,072 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 1921
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carnella ranks #31,072 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1921, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1921
- 1950s
- peak decade
Carnella's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carnella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carnella splits its recorded history at 1963: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1950 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carnella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1989
- Peak year (1950)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Carnella by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (16 births, 23% of the file).
1950s was Carnella's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Carnella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 16 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Carnella's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1980s (11) -- 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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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, 1921–1989 (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 Carnella 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.