Carmel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Carmel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Carmel: Recorded since 1952, it reached #21 in 1964, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#21highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for
16names it appears alongside

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1074
1998	#955
1999	#1160
2000	#1475
2001	#1520
2002	#1658
2003	#1383
2004	#1459
2005	#1796
2006	#1748
2007	#1020
2008	#1019
2009	#1411
2010	#1815
2011	#1196
2012	#2095
2013	#2313
2014	#1798
2015	#3252
2016	#2120
2017	#2201
2018	#4684
2019	#2643
2020	#3899
2021	#4634
2022	#3533
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 46 of the 52 years from 1964 to 2015.

In 2015: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3252 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #85 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2015
Highest recorded position: #21 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Carmel appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 46 ranked years and 4,073 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Carmel across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Carmel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#21 (1964)	#21 (1964)	#896 (2015)	46 of 52	4,073 (1964–2015)	304 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#1168 (1996)	#955 (1998)	#3318 (2024)	28 of 29	391 (1996–2024)	30 (2008)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#85 (1952)	#85 (1952)	#99 (1960)	7 of 9	559 (1952–1960)	86 (1952)

Carmel by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Carmel in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	1,600	6 of 10	267
1970s	1,576	10 of 10	158
1980s	665	10 of 10	67
1990s	180	9 of 10	20
2000s	37	8 of 10	5
2010s	15	3 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 267 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Carmel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #21 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Carmel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1196	27	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1019	30	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1020	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	13	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	16	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	13	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	19	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	39	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	31	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	28	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	39	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	42	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	60	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	47	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	65	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	73	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	73	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	81	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	83	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	102	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	104	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	95	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	110	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	142	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#62	142	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	168	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#45	200	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#45	185	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#37	215	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#33	215	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#27	238	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#31	216	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#26	267	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#25	281	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#25	294	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#21	304	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #21, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 304 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Carlton · #464, 29y
Carly · #52, 46y
Carmela · #471, 27y
Carmelo · #1610, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brent · #22, 63y
Clodagh · #20, 62y
Mina · #20, 69y
Ronan · #20, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Cathrine · #21, 61y
Denis · #21, 66y
Rhonda · #21, 37y
Brent · #22, 63y

Comparisons involving Carmel

Existing comparison pages where Carmel and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Carmel in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Ellen vs Carmel
In 1964 they stood at #27 and #21 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 6 places apart; by 2015 they were #56 and #896.
Ellen · Carmel · 46 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking
Kathleen vs Carmel
In 1964 they stood at #23 and #21 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2015 they were #177 and #896.
Kathleen · Carmel · 46 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking
Nora vs Carmel
In 1964 they stood at #30 and #21 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2015 they were #199 and #896.
Nora · Carmel · 46 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Carmel measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Carmel at its highest position.

Helen vs Carmel
In 1964 they stood at #13 and #21 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2015 they were #222 and #896.
Helen · Carmel · 46 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking
Marie vs Carmel
In 1964 they stood at #26 and #21 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2015 they were #316 and #896.
Marie · Carmel · 46 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking
Sandra vs Carmel
In 1964 they stood at #16 and #21 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2015 they were #345 and #896.
Sandra · Carmel · 46 shared years, 1964–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Carmel was ranked #21 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Carmel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Carmel without appearing here.

Carmel moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #5669.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Carmel

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1436.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1798 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #1240.
Marilyn Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2674.

Moved the opposite way to Carmel

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carmel went from #21 to #896 while Aisling went from #154 to #81.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carmel went from #21 to #896 while Alexandra went from #222 to #78.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carmel went from #21 to #896 while Anna went from #34 to #14.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carmel went from #21 to #896 while Charlotte went from #171 to #58.

Moved the same way as Carmel

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carmel went from #21 to #896 and Alma from #327 to #581.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carmel went from #21 to #896 and Audrey from #85 to #532.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carmel went from #21 to #896 and Eileen from #17 to #362.
Evelyn Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Carmel went from #21 to #896 and Evelyn from #83 to #127.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #21 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carmel

Carmel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carmel across 3 official records

Carmel by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Carmel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Carmel

Longest shared records

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Carmel

Carmel and the names beside it

Carmel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carmel

Moved the opposite way to Carmel

Moved the same way as Carmel

Carmel at a glance

Carmel across 3 official records

Carmel by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Carmel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Carmel

Longest shared records

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Carmel

Carmel and the names beside it

Carmel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Carmel

Moved the opposite way to Carmel

Moved the same way as Carmel