Karmella — #6208 US girls' name
507 babies named Karmella in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Karmella was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Karmella in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karmella
The Social Security Administration has registered 507 babies named Karmella between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karmella currently holds the #6208 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karmella performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karmella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karmella 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 507 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.
Karmella at a glance
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Current rank
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Karmella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (2012)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #6208 among girls.
507 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 32 births in a single year.
Karmella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 228 births that decade — 45% of Karmella's all-time total
Karmella decade highlights
- Peak decade 228 births
- Runner-up 109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Karmella's strongest decade
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1960–2024 (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.