Karmelo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kar-MEL-oh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,520 for boys
Karmelo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “garden, orchard”. In 2025 it ranked 1,520th for boys in the US (114 babies).
What does Karmelo mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Carmelo, from Mount Carmel
“garden, orchard”
A spelling of Carmelo, which honours Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Carmel is Hebrew for garden or orchard.
Is Karmelo a girl's or a boy's name?
Karmelo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 114 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karmelo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,520th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 114 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were named Karmelo, making it the 1,520th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,731st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 121 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Karmelo in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 570 boys in the US were given Karmelo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #525, up from #1,520 for this spelling alone.
Karmelo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,046 |
| 2022 | 93 | #1,771 |
| 2021 | 121 | #1,479 |
| 2020 | 89 | #1,731 |
| 2019 | 76 | #1,937 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,121 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,115 |
| 2013 | 92 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 86 | #1,741 |
| 2011 | 83 | #1,754 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Nicknames for Karmelo
- Melo 61 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Karmelo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Eliam, Mateo, Kylo, Aziel, Apollo, Azriel, Jaziel, Eliel, Enzo, Kenzo, Kairo
Other spellings of Karmelo
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, “Karmelo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karmelo, updated 20 October 2026.