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Carmel

Girl · Hebrew

Carmel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).

What does Carmel mean?

Hebrew

A female given name from Hebrew from the Roman Catholic epithet of Virgin Mary at Mount Carmel.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Carmel a girl's or a boy's name?

Carmel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 26 girls and 11 boys in the US.

How popular is Carmel in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,276among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Carmel, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 31 girls.

Half of all the girls named Carmel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 31 in 20082025
Carmel in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20247#3,381
20230–
20226#3,728
20214#4,864
20205#4,110
20199#2,792
20185#4,204
201712#2,336
201613#2,224
20159#2,855
201418#1,722
201311#2,454
201214#2,103
201128#1,238
201016#1,829
200922#1,411
200831#1,064
200730#1,057
200613#1,860
200512#1,912
200415#1,561
200315#1,492
200212#1,649
200113#1,542
200012#1,593
199918#1,194
199823#1,015
199721#1,053
199616#1,244

How popular is Carmel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,986among girls
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 62,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 83% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Carmel, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888. 11 boys were also named Carmel in 2025 (7,190th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Carmel in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 70% of the babies named Carmel in the US were girls.

1888Busiest: 155 in 19622025
Carmel in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#4,986
202428#4,770
202312#8,481
202220#5,981
202113#8,019
202013#7,964
201914#7,712
20189#10,540
201720#6,040
20168#11,776
201518#6,719
201421#5,991
201322#5,831
201218#6,868
201117#7,115
201013#8,697
200920#6,541
200820#6,556
200727#5,227
200619#6,590
200519#6,240
200420#5,965
200318#6,294
200215#7,039
200124#4,829
200018#5,932
199924#4,571
199813#7,099
199717#5,622
199615#6,059
199529#3,665
199417#5,440
199319#4,992
199218#5,260
199127#3,811
199030#3,518
198926#3,778
198830#3,220
198742#2,432
198627#3,275
198537#2,600
198429#2,991
198332#2,720
198229#3,016
198135#2,614
198049#2,096
197946#2,147
197840#2,269
197740#2,257
197643#2,027
197559#1,640
197454#1,688
197347#1,805
197255#1,627
197163#1,546
197083#1,293
196966#1,440
196894#1,099
196771#1,281
196686#1,142
196583#1,177
1964110#1,026
1963124#947
1962155#846
1961108#1,057
1960131#931
1959122#949
1958115#960
1957143#847
1956136#849
1955136#828
195450#1,421
195369#1,163
195272#1,106
195175#1,067
195067#1,122
194960#1,173
194870#1,054
194788#941
194664#1,057
194558#1,015
194448#1,128
194351#1,123
194265#968
194168#887
194045#1,080
193965#868
193852#984
193763#870
193670#806
193563#866
193477#764
193371#782
1932107#646
193187#722
193094#717
1929109#670
1928100#703
1927113#682
1926131#624
1925139#622
1924153#601
1923137#629
1922100#725
1921121#672
1920115#676
1919105#680
191896#731
191792#729
1916100#684
1915108#632
191494#585
191354#708
191256#668
191149#610
191040#672
190926#791
190827#742
190726#739
190630#661
190524#734
190421#773
190316#862
190210#1,133
190117#795
190019#860
18995#1,595
18988#1,263
18979#1,094
18969#1,122
18950–
18948#1,136
18930–
18927#1,171
18915#1,332
18906#1,209
18890–
18885#1,276

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