How Many People Are Named Carmelo?

10,819

people named Carmelo are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 31,591 people in the US has this name

Based on 13,173 babies named Carmelo in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,354

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#931

See the top 100

Peak Year

2013

516 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish, Italian
Pronunciation: kar-ME-lo
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Spanish and Italian masculine form of CARMEL.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Carmelo in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Carmelo alive today is about 23 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 36 in 2025.

Under 30 7,726
71.4%
30 to 59 2,093
19.3%
60 and over 1,001
9.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Carmelo first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 2013, to 516 babies. In 2025, 377 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Carmelo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #515, in 2013. In 2025 it ranked #712.

Boys
Rank in 2025#712
Best rank#515 (2013)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#664 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Carmelo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Carmelo were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,158 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carmelo was given 4.6 times as often in New York, 3.2 times in Connecticut and 2.5 times in New Jersey.

New York 2,158
California 957
Texas 806
Florida 755
New Jersey 618
Illinois 541
Pennsylvania 396
Georgia 295
Connecticut 265
Ohio 246
North Carolina 224
Michigan 176
Massachusetts 171
Virginia 165
Arizona 146
South Carolina 126
Wisconsin 120
Indiana 111
Alabama 107
Tennessee 102
Louisiana 68
Washington 58
Mississippi 45
Maryland 37
Nevada 30
Missouri 26
Colorado 21
Kentucky 16
Oklahoma 11
Minnesota 11
Oregon 7
Kansas 5
Idaho 5
Arkansas 5
New Mexico 5

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