Carmel

#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 83.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1914 · 94 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,216
since 1888

Carmel over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #585, 1914peak #949, 1918girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,98726#7,19411
2024#4,77228#10,9386
2023#8,48612#9,7637
2022#5,98420#10,8636
2021#8,02413#10,7996
2020#7,96913#12,0225
2019#7,71614#8,8898
2018#10,5459
2017#6,04420#10,7756
2016#11,7818#9,6647
2015#6,72118
2014#5,99321#8,7818
2013#5,83422#8,1189
2012#6,87218#9,7097
2011#7,11817#9,6007
2010#8,70113
2009#6,54420#7,69210
2008#6,55920#9,0198
2007#5,23027#9,7887
2006#6,59219#8,7328
2005#6,24519#10,1516
2004#5,96920#8,1438
2003#6,29918
2002#7,04515#10,6675
2001#4,83424
2000#5,93718
1999#4,57624#9,9125
1998#7,10413#9,6315
1997#5,62617#8,1106
1996#6,06415
1995#3,67029
1994#5,44517
1993#4,99819
1992#5,26718
1991#3,81727#7,2716
1990#3,52330#8,1175
1989#3,78426
1988#3,22530
1987#2,43442#4,23910
1986#3,27727#5,3327
1985#2,60137#4,6988
1984#2,99229#4,9737
1983#2,72132
1982#3,01729#6,3855
1981#2,61435#4,9617
1980#2,09649#5,5256
1979#2,14746
1978#2,26940#5,0596
1977#2,25740#5,1236
1976#2,02743
1975#1,64059#4,3097
1974#1,68854#3,8378
1973#1,80547
1972#1,62755#3,6228
1971#1,54663
1970#1,29383#4,2306
1969#1,44066#3,0629
1968#1,09994#3,6736
1967#1,28171
1966#1,14286#2,9868
1965#1,17783#3,9305
1964#1,026110#2,8549
1963#947124#2,67310
1962#846155#3,6406
1961#1,057108#3,3567
1960#932131#2,53511
1959#950122#2,66310
1958#961115#1,95317
1957#848143#3,0248
1956#850136#2,9698
1955#829136#2,7649
1954#1,42250#2,9428
1953#1,16469#2,39111
1952#1,10772#2,07314
1951#1,06875#1,90416
1950#1,12367#2,20712
1949#1,17460#1,75418
1948#1,05570#1,70319
1947#94288#2,07614
1946#1,05864#1,69218
1945#1,01558#1,63317
1944#1,12948#1,63018
1943#1,12451#1,57720
1942#96865#1,33427
1941#88768#1,63318
1940#1,08045#1,98313
1939#86865#1,39023
1938#98452#1,74116
1937#87063#1,44422
1936#80670#1,46321
1935#86663#1,70817
1934#76477#1,86015
1933#78271#1,70717
1932#646107#1,19832
1931#72287#1,69318
1930#71794#1,39927
1929#670109#1,41326
1928#703100#1,38228
1927#682113#1,74820
1926#624131#1,51524
1925#622139#1,16437
1924#601153#1,20436
1923#629137#1,21335
1922#725100#1,39628
1921#672121#1,14039
1920#676115#1,45726
1919#680105#1,53123
1918#73196#94949
1917#72992#1,06239
1916#684100#1,15732
1915#632108#1,41023
1914#58594#1,01930
1913#70854#1,04923
1912#66856#1,35313
1911#61049#1,5376
1910#67240#1,1938
1909#79126
1908#74227#1,2176
1907#73926
1906#66130#1,2535
1905#73424
1904#77321
1903#86216
1902#1,13310
1901#79517
1900#86019
1899#1,5965
1898#1,2638
1897#1,0949
1896#1,1229
1895
1894#1,1368
1893
1892#1,1717
1891#1,3325
1890#1,2106
1889
1888#1,2765
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Carmel! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Carmel
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 215 spots since 2024 (#4,772#4,987)
  • 2,982 spots since 2020 (#7,969#4,987)
  • 1,734 spots since 2015 (#6,721#4,987)
  • Biggest jump: 736 spots in 1900 (#1,596#860)
  • Biggest drop: 338 spots in 1902 (#795#1,133)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1914 at #585 (94 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1903–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,102
  • Highest: 1 in 8,102 girls born in 1914 were named Carmel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.9% of all girls named Carmel (1,218) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s57#1,094 (1897)#1,241
1900s216#661 (1906)#809
1910s794#585 (1914)#670
1920s1,218#601 (1924)#660
1930s749#646 (1932)#803
1940s617#887 (1941)#1,043
1950s985#829 (1955)#1,032
1960s1,028#846 (1962)#1,095
1970s530#1,293 (1970)#1,830
1980s336#2,096 (1980)#2,876
1990s209#3,523 (1990)#5,009
2000s200#4,834 (2001)#6,125
2010s160#5,834 (2013)#7,733
2020s112#4,772 (2024)#6,704

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carmel in 1930

girls
#717
94 births · 1 in 11,978 girls
boys
#1,399
27 births · 1 in 40,644 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #717Carmel94

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #1,399Carmel27
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 11,978 of them was named Carmel, which outranked 86.3% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmel
  1. #710Jeannie95
  2. #710Lavina95
  3. #710Norene95
  4. #717Carmel94
  5. #717Cathryn94
  6. #717Chloe94
  7. #717Ivy94
  8. #726Cecil93
  9. #726Juliette93
  10. #726Lovie93

Tied with 8 names at #717; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 40,644 of them was named Carmel, which outranked 69.2% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmel
  1. #1,368Todd28
  2. #1,368Tyler28
  3. #1,368Willy28
  4. #1,399Carmel27
  5. #1,399Benjaman27
  6. #1,399Bernhard27
  7. #1,399Carmon27
  8. #1,428Albino26
  9. #1,428Ann26
  10. #1,428Ashley26

Tied with 28 names at #1,399; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930