Carmelo Boy
How popular is Carmelo?
#710 boy name in 2025
377 baby boys were named Carmelo in the US in 2025, making it the 710th most popular boy name.
Carmelo popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #710 for boys (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 377 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #708 in 2015, #717 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (516 boys) |
| Highest rank | #515 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1904 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carmelo counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carmelo family of names ranked #516 for boys in 2025 (#501 the year before), with 570 babies in all.
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 Carmelo is most popular
Babies named Carmelo per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Connecticut: 0.8 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (103 boys)
- New York: 0.4 per 1,000 (178 boys)
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (182 boys)
- Illinois: 0.4 per 1,000 (98 boys)
Carmelo by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #1,063 |
| 1910s | 505 | #605 |
| 1920s | 772 | #653 |
| 1930s | 397 | #802 |
| 1940s | 257 | #1,109 |
| 1950s | 652 | #806 |
| 1960s | 861 | #747 |
| 1970s | 865 | #717 |
| 1980s | 688 | #975 |
| 1990s | 554 | #1,404 |
| 2000s | 1,589 | #831 |
| 2010s | 3,777 | #515 |
| 2020s | 2,227 | #688 |
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Questions
- Is Carmelo a boy or girl name?
- Carmelo is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carmelo were boys.
- How popular is the name Carmelo?
- 377 baby boys were named Carmelo in the US in 2025, making it the 710th most popular boy name.
- When was Carmelo most popular?
- Carmelo peaked in 2013, when 516 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #515 in 2013.
- How many people are named Carmelo?
- 13,173 babies have been named Carmelo in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,884 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Carmelo most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carmelo was most common in Connecticut, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys 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.