Carmelia

Girl · recorded 1912–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1925best year

Most popular in 1925.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Carmelia.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1912

081619121939196619932020

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 75 recorded years as a table
Carmelia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
19159
191612
191711
19199
192013
192111
192210
19238
19247
192516
19269
19274
19295
19306
19315
19327
19337
19355
19369
19378
19416
19425
19464
19475
19484
19494
19505
19514
19533
19544
19554
19565
19574
19585
195911
196012
19616
196210
19639
19643
19657
19664
196710
19687
196910
19706
19713
19727
19738
19748
19759
197612
19774
19785
19797
19807
19823
19834
19847
19853
19864
19877
19884
19897
19903
19933
19963
20053
20073
20083
20094
20184
20194
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carmelia isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Carmelia

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#15,088
How rare
1 in 323,309 girls
Since 1912
715

Carmelia was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1925, at 16 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Carmelia doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.