Karmela — #9063 US girls' name
211 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.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Karmela was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Karmela in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karmela
The Social Security Administration has registered 211 babies named Karmela between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karmela currently holds the #9063 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karmela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Karmela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karmela 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 211 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.
Karmela at a glance
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Current rank
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Karmela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (2019)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #9063 among girls.
211 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 15 births in a single year.
Karmela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 102 births that decade — 48% of Karmela's all-time total
Karmela decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Karmela's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.