Carmel
Carmel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 28 births. Its best rank was 585th, in 1914.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 280.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1962155 births
- Best rank
- #585in 1914
- Since 1888
- 8,572people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,190 girls have been named Carmel in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 155 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Carmel is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are boys (1,382), most of them born around 1918.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carmel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 57 | |
| 1900s | 216 | |
| 1910s | 794 | |
| 1920s | 1,218 | |
| 1930s | 749 | |
| 1940s | 617 | |
| 1950s | 985 | |
| 1960s | 1,028 | |
| 1970s | 530 | |
| 1980s | 336 | |
| 1990s | 209 | |
| 2000s | 200 | |
| 2010s | 160 | |
| 2020s | 86 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Carmel was the 848th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Carmel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bernettapeak 1921
- Marcellapeak 1922
- Lavenapeak 1922
- Lorainepeak 1922
- Santapeak 1923
- Germainepeak 1928
- Antoinettepeak 1924
- Oneidapeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.