first name
CARMEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,664 people named Carmel, 62.4% reported their origin as White, 17.4% as Black and 11.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 88.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carmel peaked in 1924, when 189 babies got the name.
At least 8,609 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carmel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,051. The largest share of babies named Carmel, 29.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carmel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carmel has been most common in Connecticut (6.6×), New York (2.5×), and California (2.2×), and least common in Michigan (0.48×).
3,700 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carmel
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carmel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carmel ranks #22,732 of 156,621, with 1,158 people. See Carmel as a last name
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