Carmela Girl
How popular is Carmela?
#1,219 girl name in 2025
186 baby girls were named Carmela in the US in 2025, making it the 1219th most popular girl name.
Carmela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,219 for girls (▼ 63 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 186 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,831 in 2015, #1,533 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1923 (586 girls) |
| Highest rank | #266 in 1923 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carmela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carmella family of names ranked #696 for girls in 2025 (#667 the year before), with 382 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carmella | 174 | 46% |
| Carmela | 186 | 49% |
| Karmella | 14 | 4% |
| Karmela | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Carmela is most popular
Babies named Carmela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Connecticut: 0.5 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (118 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.3 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 girls)
Carmela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #612 |
| 1890s | 280 | #416 |
| 1900s | 815 | #324 |
| 1910s | 3,461 | #277 |
| 1920s | 5,430 | #266 |
| 1930s | 2,885 | #311 |
| 1940s | 1,731 | #490 |
| 1950s | 1,720 | #624 |
| 1960s | 2,091 | #635 |
| 1970s | 1,400 | #795 |
| 1980s | 895 | #1,068 |
| 1990s | 674 | #1,777 |
| 2000s | 1,005 | #1,623 |
| 2010s | 1,131 | #1,474 |
| 2020s | 951 | #1,156 |
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Questions
- Is Carmela a boy or girl name?
- Carmela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carmela were girls.
- How popular is the name Carmela?
- 186 baby girls were named Carmela in the US in 2025, making it the 1219th most popular girl name.
- When was Carmela most popular?
- Carmela peaked in 1923, when 586 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #266 in 1923.
- How many people are named Carmela?
- 24,511 babies have been named Carmela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,260 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 55.
- Where is Carmela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carmela was most common in Connecticut, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.