Carmelo

Last seen for girls in 1923 at #4,967 · #710 for boys in 2025, 377 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2013 · 516 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,168
since 1904

Carmelo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Carmelo has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #515, 2013boys
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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#710377
2024#699386
2023#738356
2022#701376
2021#688386
2020#717346
2019#708349
2018#718334
2017#761308
2016#698354
2015#708353
2014#653402
2013#515516
2012#578445
2011#584430
2010#779286
2009#831261
2008#940216
2007#861241
2006#875226
2005#904198
2004#915186
2003#1,348101
2002#1,85161
2001#2,15148
2000#1,99351
1999#2,09845
1998#1,87152
1997#1,81452
1996#1,74053
1995#1,50863
1994#1,56459
1993#1,52460
1992#1,62154
1991#1,58953
1990#1,40963
1989#1,34966
1988#1,31961
1987#1,20264
1986#1,19963
1985#1,11070
1984#97683
1983#1,04971
1982#1,03976
1981#1,13365
1980#1,08969
1979#1,04471
1978#93885
1977#98975
1976#92182
1975#91680
1974#88583
1973#88581
1972#717124
1971#90481
1970#800103
1969#747110
1968#78489
1967#76890
1966#75793
1965#79687
1964#85479
1963#80788
1962#85678
1961#85281
1960#92766
1959#87576
1958#80786
1957#83582
1956#88971
1955#85574
1954#84274
1953#1,02550
1952#98153
1951#1,01748
1950#1,16838
1949#1,11040
1948#1,34629
1947#1,27133
1946#1,60120
1945#1,22729
1944#1,68317
1943#1,39925
1942#1,49622
1941#1,41123
1940#1,57319
1939#1,29726
1938#1,31026
1937#1,34425
1936#1,22529
1935#95644
1934#1,11635
1933#89548
1932#99244
1931#85855
1930#80265
1929#1,02644
1928#90255
1927#68489
1926#85560
1925#66393
1924#71685
1923#4,9675#65795
1922#65396
1921#80471
1920#70584
1919#65788
1918#77371
1917#68078
1916#69872
1915#79158
1914#69754
1913#85532
1912#1,09518
1911#60525
1910#1,1189
1909#1,0838
1908#1,3735
1907
1906#1,2535
1905
1904#1,0646
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First appearance
1904

The first year at least five boys were named Carmelo! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Carmelo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#699#710)
  • 7 spots since 2020 (#717#710)
  • 2 spots since 2015 (#708#710)
  • Biggest jump: 513 spots in 1911 (#1,118#605)
  • Biggest drop: 490 spots in 1912 (#605#1,095)
Rise & fade · boys
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 2013 at #515 (516 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1954–1978
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,666
  • Highest: 1 in 3,666 boys born in 2013 were named Carmelo (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,531 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.7% of all boys named Carmelo (3,777) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s24#1,064 (1904)#1,193
1910s505#605 (1911)#797
1920s772#653 (1922)#767
1930s397#802 (1930)#1,080
1940s257#1,110 (1949)#1,412
1950s652#807 (1958)#929
1960s861#747 (1969)#815
1970s865#717 (1972)#900
1980s688#976 (1984)#1,147
1990s554#1,409 (1990)#1,674
2000s1,589#831 (2009)#1,267
2010s3,777#515 (2013)#670
2020s2,227#688 (2021)#709

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

Carmelo in 1990

boys
#1,409
63 births · 1 in 32,604 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,409Carmelo63
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 32,604 of them was named Carmelo, which outranked 85.2% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carmelo
  1. #1,395Princeton64
  2. #1,395Taj64
  3. #1,395Vinson64
  4. #1,409Carmelo63
  5. #1,409Brantley63
  6. #1,409Deondre63
  7. #1,409Dylon63
  8. #1,420Alek62
  9. #1,420Damen62
  10. #1,420Dejon62

Tied with 10 names at #1,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990