Karmel — unisex name

What the Data Says About Karmel

The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Karmel between 1955 and 2021, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karmel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Karmel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 2006.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karmel performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karmel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karmel 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 137 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.