How rare is the name Carmelita?

7,909 people in the United States have the first name Carmelita, about 1 in 38,188. It ranks #2,891 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CARMELITA

#2,891

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,909
About
1 in 38,188
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,909 people named Carmelita, 39.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 27% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Carmelita peaked in 1973, when 140 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18872025
Peak year
1973
Births that year
140
In 2025*
14 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,965 babies have been given the name since 1887. 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.

Carmelita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,428. The largest share of babies named Carmelita, 25.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#2,41716
1890s#1,69790
1900s#1,676127
1910s#1,913350
1920s#1,655669
1930s#1,428772
1940s#1,630748
1950s#1,705970
1960s#1,897909
1970s#1,996968
1980s#3,160562
1990s#5,405353
2000s#9,409221
2010s#13,267144
2020s#15,22366
Before 19011.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2714%
Silent Generation 1928–4520.1%
Baby boom 1946–6425.1%
Generation X 1965–8021%
Millennials 1981–9610.6%
Generation Z 1997–125.2%
2013 and later2.2%

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 Carmelita is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carmelita has been most common in New Mexico (11×), Arizona (4.9×), and California (3.7×), and least common in Michigan (0.4×).

3,048 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.

Exactly as common as Carmelita

1 other first name also has 7,909 people.

#2,891 Bowen · 7,909

Either side of Carmelita

#2,890 Gladis · 7,911#2,891 Bowen · 7,909#2,893 Hiram · 7,890#2,893 Mel · 7,890

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carmelita, most common first.

#1,696 Carmela · 18,223#2,554 Carmella · 9,487#6,771 Carmelina · 2,330#14,468 Carmelia · 815#22,003 Carmalita · 456#39,517 Carmelino · 191#40,339 Carmelito · 185#47,857 Carmeline · 135

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