Carmelita
Carmelita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 664th, in 1930.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1973140 births
- Best rank
- #664in 1930
- Since 1887
- 6,950people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,950 girls have been named Carmelita in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1973, with 140 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 1957, and the 1950s alone account for 14%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carmelita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | |
| 1890s | 90 | |
| 1900s | 127 | |
| 1910s | 350 | |
| 1920s | 669 | |
| 1930s | 772 | |
| 1940s | 748 | |
| 1950s | 970 | |
| 1960s | 909 | |
| 1970s | 968 | |
| 1980s | 562 | |
| 1990s | 353 | |
| 2000s | 221 | |
| 2010s | 144 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1973, its biggest year
Carmelita was the 894th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1973 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Kimberly and Lisa. See all of 1973.
Names that rose and fell with Carmelita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Angelitapeak 1975
- Felicitapeak 1964
- Jeanettapeak 1961
- Trevapeak 1962
- Corrinepeak 1926
- Jeanettepeak 1939
- Twilapeak 1960
- Robbiepeak 1957
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.