Girls' name · since 1965
Karmela
219 babies named Karmela in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,130 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 219
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karmela currently ranks #11130 among girls' names in America, with 219 babies recorded since 1965.
Social Security Administration records show Karmela recorded 219 times among girls since 1965, holding rank #11130 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #18,880 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,130 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 219 born since 1965
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karmela ranks #18,880 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,130 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 219 born since 1965, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,130 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 219
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karmela's 219 recorded births place it above 73.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Karmela compares
219 39th 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
Karmela's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karmela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 219 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karmela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karmela's full recorded timeline at 2013, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karmela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Karmela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Karmela's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Karmela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Karmela's data
- Karmela's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Karmela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Karmela 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.