# Carmelita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carmelita/  
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 | 6,965 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,965 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 7,280 |
| 2011 | 15 | 7,874 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,588 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,836 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,738 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,608 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8,999 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,373 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,242 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,642 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,688 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,694 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,828 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,317 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,566 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

## People named Carmelita

- Carmelita Jeter, American female 100m sprinter
- Carmelita Geraghty, American actress and painter (1901-1966)

## 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.