Meaning not yet researched.
Carmelo: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 377 in 2025. Its best rank was #515 in 2013.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #515 in 2013; #712 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Carmelo in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#712 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2013, at #515.
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Carmelo: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 377 boys in 2025. Peak: #515 in 2013 · most boys in one year: 516 (2013).
In 2025, 377 US boys were named Carmelo, making it the 712th most common boys’ name of the year, down 13 places from #699 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 386 boys named Carmelo in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #515, reached in 2013. That year also had the most boys given the name: 516. For comparison, it was #708 in 2015 and #1,169 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Carmelo in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1904 with 6 babies. In all, 13,173 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,777 babies named Carmelo.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,572 US boys were named Carmelo; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 386. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,531 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Carmelo ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #286 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Carmello (2,175 babies since 1880) and Karmelo (1,391 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Karmello are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Melo.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Karmello (702).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 11 | #286 | #327 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #373 | — |
| New Jersey | 19 | #416 | #551 |
| New York | 38 | #452 | #469 |
| Florida | 40 | #458 | #477 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #477 | #565 |
| Illinois | 19 | #518 | #678 |
| Arizona | 12 | #566 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #567 | — |
| South Carolina | 7 | #615 | #371 |
| Maryland | 7 | #639 | #720 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #699 | #518 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #710 | #623 |
| Texas | 39 | #711 | #748 |
| Georgia | 13 | #717 | #671 |
| Virginia | 9 | #745 | #900 |
| Alabama | 5 | #783 | #574 |
| Indiana | 7 | #785 | #817 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #792 | #483 |
| California | 30 | #810 | #743 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #833 | #566 |
| Colorado | 5 | #868 | — |
| Ohio | 9 | #870 | #694 |
| Michigan | 7 | #920 | #822 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 377 | #712 |
| 2024 | — | — | 386 | #699 |
| 2023 | — | — | 356 | #739 |
| 2022 | — | — | 376 | #702 |
| 2021 | — | — | 386 | #688 |
| 2020 | — | — | 346 | #717 |
| 2019 | — | — | 349 | #708 |
| 2018 | — | — | 334 | #718 |
| 2017 | — | — | 308 | #761 |
| 2016 | — | — | 354 | #699 |
| 2015 | — | — | 353 | #708 |
| 2014 | — | — | 402 | #654 |
| 2013 | — | — | 516 | #515 |
| 2012 | — | — | 445 | #578 |
| 2011 | — | — | 430 | #584 |
| 2010 | — | — | 286 | #779 |
| 2009 | — | — | 261 | #832 |
| 2008 | — | — | 216 | #940 |
| 2007 | — | — | 241 | #861 |
| 2006 | — | — | 226 | #875 |
| 2005 | — | — | 198 | #904 |
| 2004 | — | — | 186 | #915 |
| 2003 | — | — | 101 | #1,349 |
| 2002 | — | — | 61 | #1,853 |
| 2001 | — | — | 48 | #2,156 |
| 2000 | — | — | 51 | #1,994 |
| 1999 | — | — | 45 | #2,102 |
| 1998 | — | — | 52 | #1,875 |
| 1997 | — | — | 52 | #1,815 |
| 1996 | — | — | 53 | #1,744 |
| 1995 | — | — | 63 | #1,510 |
| 1994 | — | — | 59 | #1,566 |
| 1993 | — | — | 60 | #1,524 |
| 1992 | — | — | 54 | #1,624 |
| 1991 | — | — | 53 | #1,591 |
| 1990 | — | — | 63 | #1,410 |
| 1989 | — | — | 66 | #1,349 |
| 1988 | — | — | 61 | #1,322 |
| 1987 | — | — | 64 | #1,206 |
| 1986 | — | — | 63 | #1,203 |
| 1985 | — | — | 70 | #1,111 |
| 1984 | — | — | 83 | #977 |
| 1983 | — | — | 71 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | — | — | 76 | #1,040 |
| 1981 | — | — | 65 | #1,135 |
| 1980 | — | — | 69 | #1,089 |
| 1979 | — | — | 71 | #1,047 |
| 1978 | — | — | 85 | #938 |
| 1977 | — | — | 75 | #991 |
| 1976 | — | — | 82 | #922 |
| 1975 | — | — | 80 | #917 |
| 1974 | — | — | 83 | #885 |
| 1973 | — | — | 81 | #887 |
| 1972 | — | — | 124 | #717 |
| 1971 | — | — | 81 | #904 |
| 1970 | — | — | 103 | #800 |
| 1969 | — | — | 110 | #747 |
| 1968 | — | — | 89 | #785 |
| 1967 | — | — | 90 | #768 |
| 1966 | — | — | 93 | #757 |
| 1965 | — | — | 87 | #797 |
| 1964 | — | — | 79 | #855 |
| 1963 | — | — | 88 | #807 |
| 1962 | — | — | 78 | #857 |
| 1961 | — | — | 81 | #852 |
| 1960 | — | — | 66 | #929 |
| 1959 | — | — | 76 | #876 |
| 1958 | — | — | 86 | #809 |
| 1957 | — | — | 82 | #835 |
| 1956 | — | — | 71 | #890 |
| 1955 | — | — | 74 | #856 |
| 1954 | — | — | 74 | #842 |
| 1953 | — | — | 50 | #1,026 |
| 1952 | — | — | 53 | #982 |
| 1951 | — | — | 48 | #1,024 |
| 1950 | — | — | 38 | #1,169 |
| 1949 | — | — | 40 | #1,113 |
| 1948 | — | — | 29 | #1,352 |
| 1947 | — | — | 33 | #1,275 |
| 1946 | — | — | 20 | #1,606 |
| 1945 | — | — | 29 | #1,228 |
| 1944 | — | — | 17 | #1,687 |
| 1943 | — | — | 25 | #1,404 |
| 1942 | — | — | 22 | #1,501 |
| 1941 | — | — | 23 | #1,418 |
| 1940 | — | — | 19 | #1,580 |
| 1939 | — | — | 26 | #1,299 |
| 1938 | — | — | 26 | #1,314 |
| 1937 | — | — | 25 | #1,349 |
| 1936 | — | — | 29 | #1,228 |
| 1935 | — | — | 44 | #956 |
| 1934 | — | — | 35 | #1,119 |
| 1933 | — | — | 48 | #897 |
| 1932 | — | — | 44 | #994 |
| 1931 | — | — | 55 | #860 |
| 1930 | — | — | 65 | #805 |
| 1929 | — | — | 44 | #1,027 |
| 1928 | — | — | 55 | #903 |
| 1927 | — | — | 89 | #686 |
| 1926 | — | — | 60 | #860 |
| 1925 | — | — | 93 | #665 |
| 1924 | — | — | 85 | #718 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,069 | 95 | #657 |
| 1922 | — | — | 96 | #654 |
| 1921 | — | — | 71 | #804 |
| 1920 | — | — | 84 | #706 |
| 1919 | — | — | 88 | #658 |
| 1918 | — | — | 71 | #774 |
| 1917 | — | — | 78 | #681 |
| 1916 | — | — | 72 | #700 |
| 1915 | — | — | 58 | #793 |
| 1914 | — | — | 54 | #700 |
| 1913 | — | — | 32 | #858 |
| 1912 | — | — | 18 | #1,102 |
| 1911 | — | — | 25 | #610 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,129 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,095 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,409 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,272 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,083 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).