How Many People Are Named Carmela?
people named Carmela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,365 people in the US has this name
Based on 24,511 babies named Carmela in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
586 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian and Spanish form of CARMEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Carmela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carmela alive today is about 47 years old, and 39% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 21 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carmela first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1923, to 586 babies. In 2025, 186 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carmela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #266, in 1923. In 2025 it ranked #1,219.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,219 |
| Best rank | #266 (1923) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #283 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carmela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carmela were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,836 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carmela was given 5.6 times as often in New York, 4.1 times in New Jersey and 3.4 times in Connecticut.
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