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Carmel

#5,003 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Vineyard of El/God

Carmel has been given to 8,609 babies in the U.S. since 1888. In 2025 it ranked #5,003 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1962, with 155 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% girls, 16% boys all-time.

Babies named Carmel, 2025

1 in 128,000

Carmel over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Carmel over time

In 2025, Carmel went to 70% girls and 30% boys.

18882025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Carmel: meaning, origin, and history

Vineyard of El/God

Hebrew

What Carmel means

Carmel means “vineyard of El/God”, associated with karmél.

Origin, language, and formation

Carmel is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Carmel comes through Hebrew כַּרְמֶל.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Carmel is pronounced /ˈkɑɹ.məl/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,216 girls were recorded with the name Carmel between 1888 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 155 in 1962; its best national rank was #585 in 1914.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,059 in 2020 to #5,003 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,774 in 2015 to #5,003 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,393 boys were recorded with the name Carmel between 1906 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 49 in 1918; its best national rank was #950 in 1918.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,356 in 2020 to #7,276 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Carmel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 61,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,003
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Carmel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Carmel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carmels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Carmel was born before 1949 — so the typical Carmel is around 76 today.

Median birth year
1949
About 76 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
16.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
6.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
3,560
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 16.9% of all recorded uses (1,218).

Is Carmel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−213
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,056
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,771
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.44×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.8%
Peak was 1962 (155)
Years since peak
63
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#585
1914

Spellings of Carmel

Carmel is not the most common spelling — Carol is, with 67.4% against Carmel's 0.60%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Carmel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Carmel was most concentrated in Connecticut — about 1 in 6,250 girls, against 1 in 34,962 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

016 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Connecticut1 in 6,250
  2. 2New York1 in 16,667
  3. 3California1 in 20,000
  4. 4Ohio1 in 20,000
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 20,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 25,000
  7. 7New Mexico1 in 33,333
  8. 8Texas1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carmel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Carmel is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Carmel was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 242,450 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1West Virginia1 in 50,000
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 100,000
  3. 3New Mexico1 in 100,000
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in —
  6. 6Tennessee1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carmel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Carmel around the world

Where Carmel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1975–1988
    #577
    in 1988
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–1997
    #358
    in 1997
  • Ireland
    1964–2015
    #896
    in 2015
  • France
    1905–2025
    #5,786
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2023
    #2,672
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1944–2012
    #871
    in 2012
  • New South Wales
    1952–1960
    #99
    in 1960

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada, Consumer and Business Services (South Australia) and NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA, NSW BDM data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Carmel

People whose public names include Carmel, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Carmel in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Carmel. Linked forms have their own page here.

Karmenu

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Carmel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,003
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,056
Best rank ever
#585
1914
Peak year
1962
155 that year
First recorded
1888
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,216
Count in 2025
26

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,276
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,080
Best rank ever
#950
1918
Peak year
1918
49 that year
First recorded
1906
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,393
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Carmel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Carmel

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Carmel, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Carmel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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