Carmetta

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Carmetta has been given to 23 babies in the U.S. since 1919. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1919, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Carmetta, 1970

1 in 721,000

Carmetta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Carmetta: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Carmetta means

Carmetta is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Carmetta is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 23 girls were recorded with the name Carmetta between 1919 and 1970. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1919; its best national rank was #3,509 in 1919.

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.

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How common is Carmetta?

Carmetta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1970: 1 in 721,000; 5 of 3,606,302 births
Among girls only: 1 in 350,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1970: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,941 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Carmetta 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 1970 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 499,941 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Carmetta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carmettas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Carmetta was born before 1955 — so the typical Carmetta is around 70 today.

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 34.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 15; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 34.8% of all recorded uses (8).

Is Carmetta 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1919 (8)
Years since peak: 106; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,509; 1919

Spellings of Carmetta

Carmetta is not the most common spelling — Carmela is, with 25.8% against Carmetta's 0.02%.

Carmela25.8%24,506
Carmella21.8%20,653
Marietta15.9%15,055
Carmelita7.3%6,965
Carlotta6.8%6,462
Arnetta3.4%3,248
Carletta3.2%3,060
Coretta2.6%2,433

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.

Carmetta by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,509; 1919
Peak year: 1919; 8 that year
First recorded: 1919
Last recorded: 1970
All-time count: 23
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Carmetta

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

Caroletta Caretta Carlitta Carmaletta Carnetta Carmelitta Carmeletta Carmila Carliana Carlesia Carmello Cardella Carlecia Carianna Carressa Carshena Caritina Carliegh Caralina Carleene Carlyssa Carlotte Carlysia Careyann

Sibling names for Carmetta

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

For a sister

Lovie Hortense Lue Theda Rubye Winnifred Johnie Norine

For a brother

Edd Ora Mahlon Verne Haywood Buck Wilber Dee

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