How Many People Are Named Carmella?
people named Carmella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 35,943 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,653 babies named Carmella in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
554 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of CARMEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Carmella in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carmella alive today is about 43 years old, and 40% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carmella first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 1922, to 554 babies. In 2025, 174 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carmella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #276, in 1922. In 2025 it ranked #1,285.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,285 |
| Best rank | #276 (1922) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #304 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carmella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carmella were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,284 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carmella was given 4.4 times as often in New Jersey, 3.4 times in Connecticut and 3.1 times in New York.
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