Carnelia

girls:

214 births since 1913

#5502 (4th percentile)

overall:

214 births since 1913

#7525 (3rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Carnelia is the #7,525 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 214 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 2.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,502 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 214 births since 1913.

Carnelia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for girls in 1913). Birth data for Carnelia is available in 31 out of the 71 years between 1913 and 1983. 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, Carnelia reached its peak popularity in 1946, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #652) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1983.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carnelia".

1913 1983 19131983

Key Statistics

Total Births
214
Peak Births
12
Peak Year
1946
First Recorded
1913
Peak Percentile
1.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#652
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Carnelia

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Carnelia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 41.0% confident that Carnelia is pronounced as kahr-NEE-lee-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kahr-NEEL-yuh, at 28.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.

kahr-NEE-lee-uh (4 syllables)
41.0% confidence
K AA0 R N IY1 L IY0 AH0
kahr-NEEL-yuh (3 syllables)
28.2% confidence
K AA0 R N IY1 L Y AH0
kahr-NEHL-yuh (3 syllables)
12.8% confidence
K AA0 R N EH1 L Y AH0
kuhr-NEEL-yuh (3 syllables)
7.7% confidence
K AH0 R N IY1 L Y AH0
KAHR-neel-yuh (3 syllables)
5.1% confidence
K AA1 R N IY0 L Y AH0
KAHR-nee-lee-uh (4 syllables)
5.1% confidence
K AA1 R N IY0 L IY0 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA0 R N IY1 L IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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