How Many People Are Named Carmela?
An estimated 9,874 people in the United States have the first name Carmela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 47 years old, and Carmela peaked in popularity in 1923 with 586 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carmela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carmela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
9,874
About 1 in 34,713 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
47
years old
Peak Year
1923
586 births
Total Registered
24,323
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carmela
Carmela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 24,323 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Carmela as a male name
Ranked #6,453 in 1984
5 male births in 1984
Peak: 1984 (5 births)
Carmela as a female name
Ranked #1,155 in 2024
208 female births in 2024
Peak: 1923 (586 births)
Carmela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carmela span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 5,430 babies were registered. Carmela has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carmela by Decade
How has Carmela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carmela by State
Birth registrations for Carmela span all 31 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. The lowest are in Wisconsin, Tennessee, Oregon. On average, about 620 Carmelas were registered per state.
Carmela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carmela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carmela
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carmela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carmela?
We estimate approximately 9,874 people named Carmela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 34,713 Americans share this first name.
Is Carmela a common name?
Carmela is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 24,323 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carmela most popular?
Carmela reached peak popularity in 1923, when 586 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carmela is approximately 47 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carmela a female name?
Carmela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carmela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carmela Smith, Carmela Johnson, Carmela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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