Carmelia
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- Peak · girls
- 1925 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 715since 1912
Carmelia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Carmelia has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Carmelia! It came in at #2,144, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1925 at #2,018 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 64,073
- Highest: 1 in 64,073 girls born in 1925 were named Carmelia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 20.0% of all girls named Carmelia (143) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 52 | #2,144 (1912) | #2,594 |
| 1920s | 101 | #2,018 (1925) | #3,105 |
| 1930s | 49 | #2,857 (1936) | #3,554 |
| 1940s | 42 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,050 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,458 (1959) | #4,060 |
| 1960s | 143 | #2,432 (1960) | #3,767 |
| 1970s | 104 | #3,812 (1976) | #5,735 |
| 1980s | 79 | #5,539 (1984) | #7,740 |
| 1990s | 16 | #11,409 (1990) | #12,790 |
| 2000s | 23 | #12,429 (2009) | #16,008 |
| 2010s | 13 | #12,464 (2018) | #13,132 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
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.
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