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Carmella

Gender
Girl
Say it
kar-MEL-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,285 for girls

Carmella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “garden, orchard”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,285th for girls in the US (174 babies).

What does Carmella mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Carmela, via Our Lady of Mount Carmel

“garden, orchard”

A spelling of Carmela, after Mount Carmel in Israel; Hebrew karmel means 'garden, orchard'.

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

Carmella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 174 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Carmella in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Carmella, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 20 girls.

Half of all the girls named Carmella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

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

1997Busiest: 20 in 20082025
Carmella in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20236#3,766
20227#3,347
20213#5,824
20205#4,110
20197#3,340
20184#4,914
20174#4,967
20164#4,980
20159#2,855
20145#4,187
20130–
201210#2,666
20116#3,737
20107#3,308
20099#2,695
200820#1,499
20079#2,543
20065#3,724
20054#4,150
20044#3,916
20030–
20024#3,556
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19974#3,345

How popular is Carmella in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,285th among girls
Babies in 2025
174 about 1 in 9,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 174 girls in the US were named Carmella, making it the 1,285th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,373rd. Its busiest year was 1922, with 554 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.

Half of all the girls named Carmella in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 382 girls in the US were given Carmella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #1,285 for this spelling alone.

1891Busiest: 554 in 19222025
Carmella in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025174#1,285
2024170#1,341
2023158#1,415
2022176#1,336
2021147#1,460
2020158#1,373
2019174#1,315
2018158#1,413
2017162#1,409
2016148#1,523
2015153#1,493
2014158#1,436
2013149#1,487
2012172#1,359
2011140#1,564
2010139#1,574
2009147#1,538
2008149#1,547
2007139#1,602
2006143#1,530
2005130#1,565
2004116#1,666
200393#1,946
200266#2,411
200180#2,071
200048#2,936
199948#2,809
199830#3,828
199738#3,102
199642#2,845
199539#2,972
199431#3,531
199337#3,103
199260#2,215
199159#2,209
199072#1,919
198946#2,473
198853#2,147
198771#1,698
198676#1,571
198573#1,620
198473#1,550
198368#1,629
198284#1,436
198182#1,475
198064#1,735
197977#1,517
197870#1,558
197754#1,857
197682#1,316
197580#1,342
197470#1,438
197396#1,143
1972107#1,073
1971108#1,103
1970135#940
1969127#943
1968133#893
1967144#843
1966113#955
1965143#832
1964152#844
1963144#874
1962135#911
1961152#863
1960165#804
1959131#914
1958163#782
1957152#820
1956160#778
1955151#782
1954123#851
1953144#759
1952122#824
1951161#689
1950158#674
1949156#664
1948129#746
1947184#617
1946133#698
1945111#707
1944133#635
1943154#605
1942182#550
1941168#545
1940191#500
1939170#512
1938193#478
1937196#468
1936189#467
1935219#436
1934245#419
1933261#397
1932274#395
1931287#383
1930358#353
1929407#323
1928399#334
1927495#300
1926500#298
1925482#303
1924514#295
1923450#304
1922554#276
1921496#295
1920464#302
1919442#300
1918455#301
1917423#301
1916412#297
1915371#303
1914245#339
1913186#355
1912143#384
191197#407
191089#417
190967#456
190875#417
190747#521
190657#453
190542#528
190444#493
190337#527
190230#600
190120#723
190025#725
189923#644
189818#790
189712#931
189613#903
18959#1,123
189413#850
189311#901
18920–
18918#1,006

Names like Carmella

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

Eva, Lola, Matilda, Eliza, Ava, Maria, Clara, Aurora, Isabella, Evelyn, Sara, Cora

Other spellings of Carmella

Carmela, Karmella, Karmela

Names related to Carmella

Carmel

More Hebrew names

Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie

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, “Carmella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carmella, updated 20 October 2026.