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Carmela

Gender
Girl
Say it
kar-MEL-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,219 for girls

Carmela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “garden, orchard”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,219th for girls in the US (186 babies).

What does Carmela mean?

Hebrew: Italian and Spanish form of Carmel, via Our Lady of Mount Carmel

“garden, orchard”

An Italian and Spanish name honouring Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Hebrew karmel means 'garden, orchard'.

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

Carmela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 186 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Carmela in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Carmela, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Carmela than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Carmela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 13 in 20182025
Carmela in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20246#3,758
20235#4,251
20229#2,805
20219#2,846
20200–
20197#3,340
201813#2,198
20176#3,774
20167#3,389
20155#4,294
20145#4,187
20136#3,719
20120–
20113#6,007
20107#3,308
200912#2,153
20087#3,203
20076#3,396
20069#2,451
20056#3,133
20045#3,356
20036#2,877
20020–
20014#3,427
20003#4,074
19994#3,374
19987#2,304
19975#2,896
19965#2,815

How popular is Carmela in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,219among girls
Babies in 2025
186about 1 in 8,600 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 186 girls in the US were named Carmela, making it the 1,219th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,533rd. Its busiest year was 1923, with 586 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.

Half of all the girls named Carmela in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 382 girls in the US were given Carmela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #1,219 for this spelling alone.

1882Busiest: 586 in 19232025
Carmela in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025186#1,219
2024208#1,156
2023153#1,455
2022131#1,612
2021135#1,554
2020138#1,533
2019149#1,474
2018115#1,774
2017114#1,815
2016117#1,775
2015113#1,831
2014124#1,692
2013117#1,754
201287#2,160
2011101#1,953
201094#2,093
2009115#1,848
2008113#1,880
2007119#1,792
2006124#1,691
2005124#1,623
2004110#1,745
200398#1,873
200278#2,139
200168#2,327
200056#2,628
199979#1,972
199855#2,495
199759#2,280
199663#2,148
199569#1,977
199465#2,097
199358#2,236
199278#1,826
199167#2,028
199081#1,777
198983#1,647
198878#1,659
198772#1,677
198673#1,619
198594#1,372
198467#1,633
198385#1,389
1982107#1,230
1981104#1,248
1980132#1,068
1979100#1,270
1978116#1,117
1977114#1,118
1976134#949
1975162#831
1974142#896
1973141#890
1972151#855
1971164#836
1970176#795
1969199#713
1968182#727
1967205#671
1966195#701
1965192#714
1964225#682
1963206#711
1962253#635
1961221#705
1960213#697
1959219#675
1958190#715
1957181#740
1956183#706
1955148#787
1954141#788
1953148#748
1952174#669
1951153#705
1950183#624
1949161#659
1948172#628
1947176#631
1946154#635
1945156#585
1944141#616
1943203#526
1942196#529
1941176#525
1940196#490
1939198#473
1938209#466
1937209#452
1936233#425
1935252#406
1934275#388
1933305#363
1932384#325
1931363#334
1930457#311
1929498#292
1928499#300
1927529#292
1926524#292
1925565#280
1924578#273
1923586#266
1922574#271
1921564#279
1920513#290
1919480#291
1918517#277
1917479#281
1916451#279
1915430#281
1914341#284
1913238#306
1912213#314
1911172#302
1910140#330
1909106#351
1908105#348
1907113#324
190694#342
190588#357
190478#372
190369#381
190261#398
190144#448
190057#440
189949#416
189838#502
189732#521
189633#514
189537#480
189431#516
189319#662
189214#796
189118#624
18909#940
188915#657
188817#612
18870–
18860–
18850–
18840–
18830–
18825#908

Names like Carmela

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lola Eva Maria Matilda Rosa Clara Eliza Anna Cora Sara Ada Aurora

Other spellings of Carmela

Carmella Karmella Karmela

Names related to Carmela

Carmel

More Hebrew names

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Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Carmela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carmela, updated 20 October 2026.