girls:
152 births since 1926
#5564 (3rd percentile)
boys:
12 births since 2010
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
164 births since 1926
#7575 (2nd percentile)
The name Carmell is the #7,575 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 164 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 2.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,564 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 152 births since 1926. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 2010.
Carmell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for girls and 2010 for boys). Birth data for Carmell is available in 24 out of the 88 years between 1926 and 2013 (22 years for girls and 2 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 Carmell has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2013, 0.0% of babies named Carmell were girls. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1926 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2010 to 2013).
For girls, Carmell reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #767) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1984.
For boys, Carmell reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #878) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carmell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Carmell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.6% confident that Carmell is pronounced as kahr-MEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-mehl, at 40.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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