girls:
20.3k births since 1891
#1024 (82nd percentile)
overall:
20.3k births since 1891
#1800 (77th percentile)
The name Carmella is the #1,800 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20,307 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 76.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,024 (82.1% percentile) for all time with 20,307 births since 1891.
Carmella first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (first recorded for girls in 1891). Birth data for Carmella is available in 132 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Carmella reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 55.9% percentile (ranked #264) with 444 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 444 births per million (ranked 55.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1998, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Carmella ranks #794 for girls (16.2% percentile) with 90 births per million, which is 20.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carmella".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Carmella. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Carmella is pronounced as kahr-MEH-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-meh-luh, at 16.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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