Baby name

Carmela

Girl

Classic name

1923 was its best year: 586 births, or 1 baby in 3,929. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 139 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1219.

24,506births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 266rank at its peak, in 1923

Where babies named Carmela are born

1923

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Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Carmela is most common in New York (6.2 times), New Jersey (4.2) and Connecticut (3.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Carmella 20,653
Carmel 7,216

Names from the same era

Bernadine · Elnora · Carmella · Ila · Clarice · Cornelia

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