Carmela is an established girls' name that peaked in 1923 and has grown less common since.
Carmela is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,219 for girl births in the United States (and #2,322 across all names), given to 186 babies. Carmela was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1923 (586 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | 186 | #1,219 | — |
| 2024 | 208 | 208 | #1,157 | — |
| 2023 | 153 | 153 | #1,456 | — |
| 2022 | 131 | 131 | #1,614 | — |
| 2021 | 135 | 135 | #1,555 | — |
| 2020 | 138 | 138 | #1,537 | — |
| 2019 | 149 | 149 | #1,477 | — |
| 2018 | 115 | 115 | #1,777 | — |
| 2017 | 114 | 114 | #1,816 | — |
| 2016 | 117 | 117 | #1,779 | — |
| 2015 | 113 | 113 | #1,832 | — |
| 2014 | 124 | 124 | #1,694 | — |
| 2013 | 117 | 117 | #1,755 | — |
| 2012 | 87 | 87 | #2,164 | — |
| 2011 | 101 | 101 | #1,955 | — |
| 2010 | 94 | 94 | #2,097 | — |
| 2009 | 115 | 115 | #1,850 | — |
| 2008 | 113 | 113 | #1,882 | — |
| 2007 | 119 | 119 | #1,793 | — |
| 2006 | 124 | 124 | #1,695 | — |
| 2005 | 124 | 124 | #1,625 | — |
| 2004 | 110 | 110 | #1,749 | — |
| 2003 | 98 | 98 | #1,876 | — |
| 2002 | 78 | 78 | #2,147 | — |
| 2001 | 68 | 68 | #2,337 | — |
| 2000 | 56 | 56 | #2,636 | — |
| 1999 | 79 | 79 | #1,980 | — |
| 1998 | 55 | 55 | #2,502 | — |
| 1997 | 59 | — | #2,287 | — |
| 1996 | 63 | — | #2,155 | — |
| 1995 | 69 | — | #1,986 | — |
| 1994 | 65 | — | #2,105 | — |
| 1993 | 58 | — | #2,241 | — |
| 1992 | 78 | — | #1,833 | — |
| 1991 | 67 | — | #2,036 | — |
| 1990 | 81 | — | #1,782 | — |
| 1989 | 83 | — | #1,653 | — |
| 1988 | 78 | — | #1,662 | — |
| 1987 | 72 | — | #1,684 | — |
| 1986 | 73 | — | #1,624 | — |
| 1985 | 94 | — | #1,373 | — |
| 1984 | 72 | — | #1,637 | #6,454 |
| 1983 | 85 | — | #1,391 | — |
| 1982 | 107 | — | #1,230 | — |
| 1981 | 104 | — | #1,249 | — |
| 1980 | 132 | — | #1,069 | — |
| 1979 | 100 | — | #1,272 | — |
| 1978 | 116 | — | #1,119 | — |
| 1977 | 114 | — | #1,118 | — |
| 1976 | 134 | — | #950 | — |
| 1975 | 162 | — | #831 | — |
| 1974 | 142 | — | #896 | — |
| 1973 | 141 | — | #890 | — |
| 1972 | 151 | — | #855 | — |
| 1971 | 164 | — | #837 | — |
| 1970 | 176 | — | #795 | — |
| 1969 | 199 | — | #714 | — |
| 1968 | 182 | — | #727 | — |
| 1967 | 205 | — | #671 | — |
| 1966 | 195 | — | #701 | — |
| 1965 | 192 | — | #715 | — |
| 1964 | 225 | — | #683 | — |
| 1963 | 206 | — | #711 | — |
| 1962 | 253 | — | #635 | — |
| 1961 | 221 | — | #705 | — |
| 1960 | 213 | — | #697 | — |
| 1959 | 219 | — | #675 | — |
| 1958 | 190 | — | #716 | — |
| 1957 | 181 | — | #741 | — |
| 1956 | 183 | — | #707 | — |
| 1955 | 148 | — | #788 | — |
| 1954 | 141 | — | #789 | — |
| 1953 | 148 | — | #749 | — |
| 1952 | 174 | — | #670 | — |
| 1951 | 153 | — | #706 | — |
| 1950 | 183 | — | #627 | — |
| 1949 | 161 | — | #660 | — |
| 1948 | 172 | — | #630 | — |
| 1947 | 176 | — | #631 | — |
| 1946 | 154 | — | #635 | — |
| 1945 | 156 | — | #585 | — |
| 1944 | 141 | — | #616 | — |
| 1943 | 203 | — | #526 | — |
| 1942 | 196 | — | #529 | — |
| 1941 | 176 | — | #527 | — |
| 1940 | 196 | — | #490 | — |
| 1939 | 198 | — | #473 | — |
| 1938 | 209 | — | #466 | — |
| 1937 | 209 | — | #452 | — |
| 1936 | 233 | — | #425 | — |
| 1935 | 252 | — | #406 | — |
| 1934 | 275 | — | #388 | — |
| 1933 | 305 | — | #363 | — |
| 1932 | 384 | — | #325 | — |
| 1931 | 363 | — | #334 | — |
| 1930 | 457 | — | #311 | — |
| 1929 | 498 | — | #292 | — |
| 1928 | 499 | — | #300 | — |
| 1927 | 529 | — | #292 | — |
| 1926 | 524 | — | #292 | — |
| 1925 | 565 | — | #280 | — |
| 1924 | 578 | — | #273 | — |
| 1923 | 586 | — | #266 | — |
| 1922 | 574 | — | #271 | — |
| 1921 | 564 | — | #279 | — |
| 1920 | 513 | — | #290 | — |
| 1919 | 480 | — | #291 | — |
| 1918 | 517 | — | #277 | — |
| 1917 | 479 | — | #281 | — |
| 1916 | 451 | — | #279 | — |
| 1915 | 430 | — | #281 | — |
| 1914 | 341 | — | #284 | — |
| 1913 | 238 | — | #306 | — |
| 1912 | 213 | — | #314 | — |
| 1911 | 172 | — | #302 | — |
| 1910 | 140 | — | #330 | — |
| 1909 | 106 | — | #351 | — |
| 1908 | 105 | — | #349 | — |
| 1907 | 113 | — | #324 | — |
| 1906 | 94 | — | #342 | — |
| 1905 | 88 | — | #357 | — |
| 1904 | 78 | — | #372 | — |
| 1903 | 69 | — | #381 | — |
| 1902 | 61 | — | #399 | — |
| 1901 | 44 | — | #449 | — |
| 1900 | 57 | — | #441 | — |
| 1899 | 49 | — | #418 | — |
| 1898 | 38 | — | #502 | — |
| 1897 | 32 | — | #522 | — |
| 1896 | 33 | — | #519 | — |
| 1895 | 37 | — | #481 | — |
| 1894 | 31 | — | #518 | — |
| 1893 | 19 | — | #665 | — |
| 1892 | 14 | — | #802 | — |
| 1891 | 18 | — | #627 | — |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #951 | — |
| 1889 | 15 | — | #663 | — |
| 1888 | 17 | — | #615 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #929 | — |