# Carmelo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carmelo/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Karmelo |
| US babies named this | 13,173 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,168 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 107, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 5 | 5,069 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 430 | 584 |
| 2012 | 445 | 578 |
| 2013 | 516 | 515 |
| 2014 | 402 | 654 |
| 2015 | 353 | 708 |
| 2016 | 354 | 699 |
| 2017 | 308 | 761 |
| 2018 | 334 | 718 |
| 2019 | 349 | 708 |
| 2020 | 346 | 717 |
| 2021 | 386 | 688 |
| 2022 | 376 | 702 |
| 2023 | 356 | 739 |
| 2024 | 386 | 699 |
| 2025 | 377 | 712 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## People named Carmelo

- Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Carmelo Simeone, Argentine association football player (1934–2014)
- Carmelo Robledo, boxer
- Carmelo Algarañaz, Bolivian association football player
- Carmelo Micciche, footballer
- Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos, catholic archbishop (1930–2016)
- Carmelo Valencia, Colombian footballer
- Carmelo Di Bella, footballer and manager (1921-1992)
- Aníbal Troilo, Argentine tango musician (1914-1975)
- Carman, American Contemporary Christian music 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.