Carmelo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kar-MEL-oh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #710 for boys
Carmelo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “garden, orchard”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 710th for boys in the US (377 babies).
What does Carmelo mean?
Hebrew: Italian and Spanish masculine form of Carmel
“garden, orchard”
An Italian and Spanish name honouring Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Hebrew karmel means 'garden, orchard'.
Is Carmelo a girl's or a boy's name?
Carmelo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 377 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carmelo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 140% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Carmelo, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Carmelo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Carmelo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Carmelo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 377 about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 377 boys in the US were named Carmelo, making it the 710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 717th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 516 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Carmelo in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 570 boys in the US were given Carmelo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #525, up from #710 for this spelling alone.
Carmelo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 377 | #710 |
| 2024 | 386 | #699 |
| 2023 | 356 | #738 |
| 2022 | 376 | #701 |
| 2021 | 386 | #688 |
| 2020 | 346 | #717 |
| 2019 | 349 | #708 |
| 2018 | 334 | #718 |
| 2017 | 308 | #761 |
| 2016 | 354 | #698 |
| 2015 | 353 | #708 |
| 2014 | 402 | #653 |
| 2013 | 516 | #515 |
| 2012 | 445 | #578 |
| 2011 | 430 | #584 |
| 2010 | 286 | #779 |
| 2009 | 261 | #831 |
| 2008 | 216 | #940 |
| 2007 | 241 | #861 |
| 2006 | 226 | #875 |
| 2005 | 198 | #904 |
| 2004 | 186 | #914 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,347 |
| 2002 | 61 | #1,847 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 51 | #1,989 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 52 | #1,868 |
| 1997 | 52 | #1,811 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 63 | #1,503 |
| 1994 | 59 | #1,559 |
| 1993 | 60 | #1,519 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,616 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,404 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,344 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,315 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,200 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,198 |
| 1985 | 70 | #1,109 |
| 1984 | 83 | #975 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,039 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,133 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,089 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,044 |
| 1978 | 85 | #938 |
| 1977 | 75 | #989 |
| 1976 | 82 | #921 |
| 1975 | 80 | #916 |
| 1974 | 83 | #885 |
| 1973 | 81 | #885 |
| 1972 | 124 | #717 |
| 1971 | 81 | #904 |
| 1970 | 103 | #800 |
| 1969 | 110 | #747 |
| 1968 | 89 | #784 |
| 1967 | 90 | #768 |
| 1966 | 93 | #757 |
| 1965 | 87 | #796 |
| 1964 | 79 | #854 |
| 1963 | 88 | #807 |
| 1962 | 78 | #855 |
| 1961 | 81 | #851 |
| 1960 | 66 | #926 |
| 1959 | 76 | #874 |
| 1958 | 86 | #806 |
| 1957 | 82 | #834 |
| 1956 | 71 | #888 |
| 1955 | 74 | #854 |
| 1954 | 74 | #841 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,024 |
| 1952 | 53 | #980 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,109 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,226 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,297 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,225 |
| 1935 | 44 | #956 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1933 | 48 | #895 |
| 1932 | 44 | #992 |
| 1931 | 55 | #858 |
| 1930 | 65 | #802 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,026 |
| 1928 | 55 | #902 |
| 1927 | 89 | #684 |
| 1926 | 60 | #855 |
| 1925 | 93 | #663 |
| 1924 | 85 | #716 |
| 1923 | 95 | #657 |
| 1922 | 96 | #653 |
| 1921 | 71 | #804 |
| 1920 | 84 | #705 |
| 1919 | 88 | #657 |
| 1918 | 71 | #773 |
| 1917 | 78 | #680 |
| 1916 | 72 | #698 |
| 1915 | 58 | #791 |
| 1914 | 54 | #697 |
| 1913 | 32 | #855 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 25 | #605 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
Names like Carmelo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arlo, Lorenzo, Cruz, Iago, Ezra, Santiago, Thiago, Leonardo, Romeo, Matteo, Tobias, Elias
Other spellings of Carmelo
Names related to Carmelo
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Carmelo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carmelo, updated 20 October 2026.