# Carmela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carmela/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,511 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 24,506 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 161, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 1,955 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,164 |
| 2013 | 117 | 1,755 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,694 |
| 2015 | 113 | 1,832 |
| 2016 | 117 | 1,779 |
| 2017 | 114 | 1,816 |
| 2018 | 115 | 1,777 |
| 2019 | 149 | 1,477 |
| 2020 | 138 | 1,537 |
| 2021 | 135 | 1,555 |
| 2022 | 131 | 1,614 |
| 2023 | 153 | 1,456 |
| 2024 | 208 | 1,157 |
| 2025 | 186 | 1,219 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | 6,454 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Carmela

- Carmela Zumbado, American actress and social media personality
- K Brosas, Filipino actress and singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.