# Carmella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carmella/  
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 | 20,653 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 20,653 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 134, 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 | 140 | 1,564 |
| 2012 | 172 | 1,360 |
| 2013 | 149 | 1,488 |
| 2014 | 158 | 1,438 |
| 2015 | 153 | 1,496 |
| 2016 | 148 | 1,527 |
| 2017 | 162 | 1,409 |
| 2018 | 158 | 1,414 |
| 2019 | 174 | 1,315 |
| 2020 | 158 | 1,375 |
| 2021 | 147 | 1,462 |
| 2022 | 176 | 1,338 |
| 2023 | 158 | 1,415 |
| 2024 | 170 | 1,343 |
| 2025 | 174 | 1,285 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Carmella

- Carmella Bing, American pornographic actress & model
- Carmella DeCesare, American model
- Lisa McClain, American politician (born 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.