girls:
7.2k births since 1888
#1930 (66th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1906
#3254 (29th percentile)
overall:
8.5k births since 1888
#2927 (62nd percentile)
The name Carmel is the #2,927 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,538 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 62.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,930 (66.2% percentile) for all time with 7,162 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #3,254 (29.0% percentile) for all time with 1,376 births since 1906.
Carmel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1906 for boys). Birth data for Carmel is available in 133 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (133 years for girls and 97 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Carmel has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 63.2% of babies named Carmel were girls.
For girls, Carmel reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 23.6% percentile (ranked #466) with 118 births per million. The name was most common in 1924, with 118 births per million (ranked 23.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Carmel ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 5.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Carmel reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 8.3% percentile (ranked #487) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 47 births per million (ranked 8.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Carmel ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 8.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carmel".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Carmel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.8% confident that Carmel is pronounced as KAHR-muhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-mehl, at 35.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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