Carmella Girl
How popular is Carmella?
#1,285 girl name in 2025
174 baby girls were named Carmella in the US in 2025, making it the 1285th most popular girl name.
Carmella popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,285 for girls (▲ 56 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 174 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,493 in 2015, #1,373 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (554 girls) |
| Highest rank | #276 in 1922 |
| First recorded | 1891 |
| 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 |
Carmella 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 Carmella is most popular
Babies named Carmella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.4 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (104 girls)
- Ohio: 0.3 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Carmella by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 107 | #644 |
| 1900s | 444 | #417 |
| 1910s | 2,863 | #297 |
| 1920s | 4,761 | #276 |
| 1930s | 2,392 | #353 |
| 1940s | 1,541 | #500 |
| 1950s | 1,465 | #674 |
| 1960s | 1,408 | #804 |
| 1970s | 879 | #940 |
| 1980s | 690 | #1,436 |
| 1990s | 456 | #1,919 |
| 2000s | 1,111 | #1,530 |
| 2010s | 1,553 | #1,315 |
| 2020s | 983 | #1,285 |
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Questions
- Is Carmella a boy or girl name?
- Carmella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carmella were girls.
- How popular is the name Carmella?
- 174 baby girls were named Carmella in the US in 2025, making it the 1285th most popular girl name.
- When was Carmella most popular?
- Carmella peaked in 1922, when 554 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #276 in 1922.
- How many people are named Carmella?
- 20,653 babies have been named Carmella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,809 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 49.
- Where is Carmella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carmella was most common in New Jersey, at 0.4 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.