NameTides

Carmela

Carmela was the #1,219 girls' name in the US in 2025 (186 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Carmela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Carmela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Carmela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,219 (186)#4,867 (4)—#2,282 (9)
2024#1,156 (208)#3,696 (6)—#2,259 (9)
2023#1,455 (153)#4,057 (5)—#2,366 (8)
2022#1,612 (131)#2,674 (9)—#1,727 (12)
2021#1,554 (135)#3,192 (7)—#1,454 (16)
2020#1,533 (138)——#3,251 (5)
2019#1,474 (149)#3,151 (7)——
2018#1,774 (115)#2,340 (11)—#1,639 (13)
2017#1,815 (114)#3,583 (6)—#1,382 (17)
2016#1,775 (117)#3,609 (6)—#1,690 (13)
2015#1,831 (113)#4,736 (4)—#1,499 (15)
2014#1,692 (124)#4,003 (5)—#3,316 (5)
2013#1,754 (117)#3,536 (6)—#2,376 (8)
2012#2,160 (87)——#1,695 (13)
2011#1,953 (101)#5,785 (3)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1923 at #266.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Carmela is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,700 to 1 in 8,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Carmela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #518NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #348NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Carmela (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Carmela (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CarmelaCanadaGirls#2,2829
CarmelaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
CarmelaIrelandGirls—too few
CarmelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CarmelaUSGirls#1,219186
CarmelaUSBoys—too few