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Karmel

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Form of Carmel

Karmel has been given to 158 babies in the U.S. since 1955. 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 1966, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Karmel, 2021

1 in 678,000

Karmel over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2021, Karmel went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19552021

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.

Karmel: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Carmel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Karmel means

Karmel is a form of Carmel.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Karmel is used in Hebrew.

Another recorded pronunciation is /kaʁ.ˈmel/ for Karmel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Karmel → Carmel. The family’s meaning is “vineyard of El/God”, recorded in English with the source elements karmél.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Carmel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 137 girls were recorded with the name Karmel between 1955 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1966; its best national rank was #4,314 in 1966.

In the United States, 21 boys were recorded with the name Karmel between 2006 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2006; its best national rank was #7,724 in 2006.

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 Karmel?

Karmel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021
1 in 678,000
5 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only
1 in 328,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
469,949 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Karmel 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 2021 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 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Karmel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Karmels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Karmel was born before 1967 — so the typical Karmel is around 58 today.

Median birth year
1967
About 58 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
11.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
137
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Choose a decade

1960s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Karmel 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1966 (10)
Years since peak
59
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,314
1966

Spellings of Karmel

Karmel is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 73.7% against Karmel's 0.01%.

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.

Karmel around the world

Where Karmel 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
    2003–2012
    #5,876
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    1959–2001
    #711
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Karmel 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
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Best rank ever
#4,314
1966
Peak year
1966
10 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
137
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,724
2006
Peak year
2006
10 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2012
All-time count
21
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Karmel

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

KariyaKarmahKarielKarstenKartierKarelynKarayaKarliahKarmelaKarmaniKarunaKarysaKarynnKareliKarlenKariahKarcynKarelysKaressKarmanKarrisKaritaKareemKarlina

Sibling names for Karmel

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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