Carmelita

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births

Peak · girls
#664
1930 · 107 births
Debut · girls
1887
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,965
since 1887

Carmelita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carmelita has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #664, 1930girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,49114
2024#7,25115
2023—
2022#9,68010
2021#9,56210
2020#6,62917
2019#10,4739
2018#8,14613
2017#8,29913
2016#8,87512
2015#9,48111
2014#7,63615
2013#7,74815
2012#5,55724
2011#7,78315
2010#7,21717
2009#5,70924
2008#8,52914
2007#7,09218
2006#5,90622
2005#5,43723
2004#5,55522
2003#4,80426
2002#6,12918
2001#4,10730
2000#4,79124
1999#4,57624
1998#3,35336
1997#4,12526
1996#3,02839
1995#2,97739
1994#3,70429
1993#3,29034
1992#2,68745
1991#2,84341
1990#2,85040
1989#2,93137
1988#2,59741
1987#2,30946
1986#2,42041
1985#2,48439
1984#1,81259
1983#1,66566
1982#1,62171
1981#1,59673
1980#1,39689
1979#1,46182
1978#1,50275
1977#1,32587
1976#1,30783
1975#1,074109
1974#969127
1973#894140
1972#1,022114
1971#1,38976
1970#1,38975
1969#1,21484
1968#1,15787
1967#1,14785
1966#1,16184
1965#1,30269
1964#1,18287
1963#1,056103
1962#1,066102
1961#1,10199
1960#1,029109
1959#997112
1958#1,05998
1957#946118
1956#969108
1955#1,11280
1954#97899
1953#944100
1952#99291
1951#1,05078
1950#97886
1949#1,02376
1948#1,09566
1947#1,10665
1946#1,01569
1945#91468
1944#93768
1943#80791
1942#88777
1941#83076
1940#72692
1939#87864
1938#89962
1937#83668
1936#85363
1935#77576
1934#73682
1933#74578
1932#74083
1931#70889
1930#664107
1929#85569
1928#78184
1927#88371
1926#81480
1925#84178
1924#90370
1923#1,01555
1922#99756
1921#1,04552
1920#1,00554
1919#98453
1918#1,09145
1917#1,00249
1916#1,05943
1915#1,11537
1914#1,26224
1913#94632
1912#91930
1911#95821
1910#1,11016
1909#1,05215
1908#1,08414
1907#1,3849
1906#1,04313
1905#1,05713
1904#1,09211
1903#93114
1902#1,07511
1901#1,1369
1900#88518
1899#1,1818
1898#1,1719
1897#98211
1896#1,2927
1895#1,05310
1894#1,1368
1893#95510
1892#1,0858
1891#79612
1890#1,0997
1889#9029
1888—
1887#9377
1886—
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1880—
First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Carmelita! It came in at #937, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Carmelita
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 240 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #7,491)
  • 862 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #7,491)
  • 1,990 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 310 spots in 1897 (#1,292 → #982)
  • Biggest drop: 316 spots in 1914 (#946 → #1,262)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1930 at #664 (107 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 55 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1924–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,416
  • Highest: 1 in 10,416 girls born in 1973 were named Carmelita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #664 in 1930, was only 1 in 10,523 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 13.9% of all girls named Carmelita (970) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#902 (1889)#920
1890s90#796 (1891)#1,075
1900s127#885 (1900)#1,074
1910s350#919 (1912)#1,045
1920s669#781 (1928)#914
1930s772#664 (1930)#783
1940s748#726 (1940)#934
1950s970#944 (1953)#1,003
1960s909#1,029 (1960)#1,142
1970s968#894 (1973)#1,233
1980s562#1,396 (1980)#2,083
1990s353#2,687 (1992)#3,343
2000s221#4,107 (2001)#5,806
2010s144#5,557 (2012)#8,122
2020s66#6,629 (2020)#8,123

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.

Carmelita in 1987

girls
#2,309
46 births · 1 in 37,796 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #2,309Carmelita46
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 37,796 of them was named Carmelita, which outranked 82.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmelita
  1. #2,276Shiloh47
  2. #2,276Tammara47
  3. #2,276Teara47
  4. #2,309Carmelita46
  5. #2,309Ainsley46
  6. #2,309Angelena46
  7. #2,309Aubry46
  8. #2,332Alberta45
  9. #2,332Alea45
  10. #2,332Bobby45

Tied with 22 names at #2,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →