Karmella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kar-MEL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Karmella 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 Karmella mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Carmela; 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'.
Meaning borrowed from Carmela.
Is Karmella a girl's or a boy's name?
Karmella 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 Karmella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Karmella, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Karmella than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Karmella in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 382 girls in the US were given Karmella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Karmella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Karmella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briella Ivanna Elianna Eliana Liora Ariella Isabella Camila Ava Eliza Gianna Isla
Other spellings of Karmella
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Mia Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Karmella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karmella, updated 20 October 2026.