How rare is the name Carmelo?

12,863 people in the United States have the first name Carmelo, about 1 in 23,481. It ranks #2,094 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CARMELO

#2,094

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,863
About
1 in 23,481
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,863 people named Carmelo, 64% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.5% as White and 12.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Carmelo peaked in 2013, when 516 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19042025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
516
In 2025*
377 ▼27%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,173 babies have been given the name since 1904. 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.

Carmelo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,406. The largest share of babies named Carmelo, 36.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#3,41524
1910s#1,557505
1920s#1,526777
1930s#2,063397
1940s#2,935257
1950s#2,082652
1960s#1,967861
1970s#2,127865
1980s#2,779688
1990s#3,987554
2000s#2,3981,589
2010s#1,4063,777
2020s#1,4532,227
Greatest Generation 1901–279.2%
Silent Generation 1928–454.8%
Baby boom 1946–648.9%
Generation X 1965–8010.7%
Millennials 1981–967.8%
Generation Z 1997–1222%
2013 and later36.8%

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 Carmelo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carmelo has been most common in New York (4.1×), Connecticut (2.9×), and New Jersey (2.5×), and least common in Maryland (0.23×).

10,482 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 Carmelo

1 other first name also has 12,863 people.

#2,094 Mitch · 12,863

Either side of Carmelo

#2,092 Bailee · 12,886#2,093 Ayanna · 12,867#2,094 Mitch · 12,863#2,096 Deon · 12,858

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,696 Carmela · 18,223#2,554 Carmella · 9,487#3,611 Carmel · 5,664#6,239 Carnell · 2,588#9,024 Carmello · 1,570#14,468 Carmelia · 815#16,565 Carmelle · 678#31,775 Carmell · 268

Also a last name

As a last name, Carmelo ranks #47,959 of 156,621, with 476 people. See Carmelo as a last name

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