How Many People Are Named Carmelita?
people named Carmelita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 77,117 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,965 babies named Carmelita in Social Security records from 1887 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
140 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish diminutive of CARMEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Carmelita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carmelita alive today is about 54 years old, and 45% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carmelita first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 1973, to 140 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carmelita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #664, in 1930. In 2025 it ranked #7,564.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,564 |
| Best rank | #664 (1930) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,022 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carmelita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carmelita were born in California than in any other state: about 733 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carmelita was given 11.3 times as often in New Mexico, 7.5 times in Arizona and 4.6 times in California.
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