Carmelo is an established boys' name that peaked in 2013 and remains in steady use.
Carmelo is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #712 for boy births in the United States (and #1,437 across all names), given to 377 babies. Carmelo first appears in 1904 and peaked in 2013 (516 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 377 | 377 | — | #712 |
| 2024 | 386 | 386 | — | #699 |
| 2023 | 356 | 356 | — | #739 |
| 2022 | 376 | 376 | — | #702 |
| 2021 | 386 | 386 | — | #688 |
| 2020 | 346 | 346 | — | #717 |
| 2019 | 349 | 349 | — | #708 |
| 2018 | 334 | 334 | — | #718 |
| 2017 | 308 | 308 | — | #761 |
| 2016 | 354 | 354 | — | #699 |
| 2015 | 353 | 353 | — | #708 |
| 2014 | 402 | 402 | — | #654 |
| 2013 | 516 | 516 | — | #515 |
| 2012 | 445 | 445 | — | #578 |
| 2011 | 430 | 430 | — | #584 |
| 2010 | 286 | 286 | — | #779 |
| 2009 | 261 | 261 | — | #832 |
| 2008 | 216 | 216 | — | #940 |
| 2007 | 241 | 241 | — | #861 |
| 2006 | 226 | 226 | — | #875 |
| 2005 | 198 | 198 | — | #904 |
| 2004 | 186 | 191 | — | #915 |
| 2003 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,349 |
| 2002 | 61 | 61 | — | #1,853 |
| 2001 | 48 | 55 | — | #2,156 |
| 2000 | 51 | 60 | — | #1,994 |
| 1999 | 45 | 58 | — | #2,102 |
| 1998 | 52 | 60 | — | #1,875 |
| 1997 | 52 | — | — | #1,815 |
| 1996 | 53 | — | — | #1,744 |
| 1995 | 63 | — | — | #1,510 |
| 1994 | 59 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1993 | 60 | — | — | #1,524 |
| 1992 | 54 | — | — | #1,624 |
| 1991 | 53 | — | — | #1,591 |
| 1990 | 63 | — | — | #1,410 |
| 1989 | 66 | — | — | #1,349 |
| 1988 | 61 | — | — | #1,322 |
| 1987 | 64 | — | — | #1,206 |
| 1986 | 63 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1985 | 70 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1984 | 83 | — | — | #977 |
| 1983 | 71 | — | — | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 76 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1981 | 65 | — | — | #1,135 |
| 1980 | 69 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1979 | 71 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1978 | 85 | — | — | #938 |
| 1977 | 75 | — | — | #991 |
| 1976 | 82 | — | — | #922 |
| 1975 | 80 | — | — | #917 |
| 1974 | 83 | — | — | #885 |
| 1973 | 81 | — | — | #887 |
| 1972 | 124 | — | — | #717 |
| 1971 | 81 | — | — | #904 |
| 1970 | 103 | — | — | #800 |
| 1969 | 110 | — | — | #747 |
| 1968 | 89 | — | — | #785 |
| 1967 | 90 | — | — | #768 |
| 1966 | 93 | — | — | #757 |
| 1965 | 87 | — | — | #797 |
| 1964 | 79 | — | — | #855 |
| 1963 | 88 | — | — | #807 |
| 1962 | 78 | — | — | #857 |
| 1961 | 81 | — | — | #852 |
| 1960 | 66 | — | — | #929 |
| 1959 | 76 | — | — | #876 |
| 1958 | 86 | — | — | #809 |
| 1957 | 82 | — | — | #835 |
| 1956 | 71 | — | — | #890 |
| 1955 | 74 | — | — | #856 |
| 1954 | 74 | — | — | #842 |
| 1953 | 50 | — | — | #1,026 |
| 1952 | 53 | — | — | #982 |
| 1951 | 48 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1950 | 38 | — | — | #1,169 |
| 1949 | 40 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | — | #1,352 |
| 1947 | 33 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1946 | 20 | — | — | #1,606 |
| 1945 | 29 | — | — | #1,228 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | — | #1,687 |
| 1943 | 25 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1942 | 22 | — | — | #1,501 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | — | #1,418 |
| 1940 | 19 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1939 | 26 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1938 | 26 | — | — | #1,314 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | — | #1,349 |
| 1936 | 29 | — | — | #1,228 |
| 1935 | 44 | — | — | #956 |
| 1934 | 35 | — | — | #1,119 |
| 1933 | 48 | — | — | #897 |
| 1932 | 44 | — | — | #994 |
| 1931 | 55 | — | — | #860 |
| 1930 | 65 | — | — | #805 |
| 1929 | 44 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1928 | 55 | — | — | #903 |
| 1927 | 89 | — | — | #686 |
| 1926 | 60 | — | — | #860 |
| 1925 | 93 | — | — | #665 |
| 1924 | 85 | — | — | #718 |
| 1923 | 100 | — | #5,069 | #657 |
| 1922 | 96 | — | — | #654 |
| 1921 | 71 | — | — | #804 |
| 1920 | 84 | — | — | #706 |
| 1919 | 88 | — | — | #658 |
| 1918 | 71 | — | — | #774 |
| 1917 | 78 | — | — | #681 |
| 1916 | 72 | — | — | #700 |
| 1915 | 58 | — | — | #793 |
| 1914 | 54 | — | — | #700 |
| 1913 | 32 | — | — | #858 |
| 1912 | 18 | — | — | #1,102 |
| 1911 | 25 | — | — | #610 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | — | #1,129 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,409 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | — | #1,272 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,083 |