Carmelita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kar-me-LEE-ta
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Carmelita is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “garden, orchard”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Carmelita mean?
Hebrew: Spanish pet form of Carmela
“garden, orchard”
A Spanish pet form of Carmela, honouring Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Is Carmelita a girl's or a boy's name?
Carmelita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carmelita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Carmelita, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 140 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the girls named Carmelita in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carmelita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,307 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 73 | #1,596 |
| 1980 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 1979 | 82 | #1,461 |
| 1978 | 75 | #1,502 |
| 1977 | 87 | #1,325 |
| 1976 | 83 | #1,307 |
| 1975 | 109 | #1,074 |
| 1974 | 127 | #969 |
| 1973 | 140 | #894 |
| 1972 | 114 | #1,022 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,389 |
| 1970 | 75 | #1,389 |
| 1969 | 84 | #1,214 |
| 1968 | 87 | #1,157 |
| 1967 | 85 | #1,147 |
| 1966 | 84 | #1,161 |
| 1965 | 69 | #1,302 |
| 1964 | 87 | #1,182 |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,056 |
| 1962 | 102 | #1,066 |
| 1961 | 99 | #1,101 |
| 1960 | 109 | #1,028 |
| 1959 | 112 | #996 |
| 1958 | 98 | #1,058 |
| 1957 | 118 | #945 |
| 1956 | 108 | #968 |
| 1955 | 80 | #1,111 |
| 1954 | 99 | #977 |
| 1953 | 100 | #943 |
| 1952 | 91 | #991 |
| 1951 | 78 | #1,049 |
| 1950 | 86 | #977 |
| 1949 | 76 | #1,022 |
| 1948 | 66 | #1,094 |
| 1947 | 65 | #1,105 |
| 1946 | 69 | #1,014 |
| 1945 | 68 | #914 |
| 1944 | 68 | #937 |
| 1943 | 91 | #807 |
| 1942 | 77 | #887 |
| 1941 | 76 | #830 |
| 1940 | 92 | #726 |
| 1939 | 64 | #878 |
| 1938 | 62 | #899 |
| 1937 | 68 | #836 |
| 1936 | 63 | #853 |
| 1935 | 76 | #775 |
| 1934 | 82 | #736 |
| 1933 | 78 | #745 |
| 1932 | 83 | #740 |
| 1931 | 89 | #708 |
| 1930 | 107 | #664 |
| 1929 | 69 | #855 |
| 1928 | 84 | #781 |
| 1927 | 71 | #883 |
| 1926 | 80 | #814 |
| 1925 | 78 | #841 |
| 1924 | 70 | #903 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,015 |
| 1922 | 56 | #997 |
| 1921 | 52 | #1,045 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,005 |
| 1919 | 53 | #984 |
| 1918 | 45 | #1,091 |
| 1917 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,059 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,115 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,262 |
| 1913 | 32 | #946 |
| 1912 | 30 | #919 |
| 1911 | 21 | #958 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,110 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,057 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 18 | #885 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 11 | #982 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
Names like Carmelita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria, Virginia, Anita, Marcella, Rosa, Loretta, Regina, Veronica, Anna, Priscilla, Elizabeth, Rebecca
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Carmelita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carmelita, updated 20 October 2026.