Carmela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Carmela: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 23 years, its highest recorded position is #471, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#471highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Carmela's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2738
1998	#2165
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#2320
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2009	#2148
2010	#3156
2011	#5785
2013	#3536
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2016	#3609
2017	#3583
2018	#2340
2019	#3151
2021	#3192
2022	#2673
2023	#4056
2024	#3695

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 England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Carmela by decade in England and Wales · 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 Carmela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	54	9 of 10	6
2010s	55	9 of 10	6
2020s	27	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Carmela 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 2 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #471 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Carmela'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1972 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #471, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 24 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
23 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

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.

Carly · #52, 46y
Carmel · #21, 67y
Carmelo · #1610, 13y
Carmen · #69, 70y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Dinah · #471, 29y
Indianna · #471, 29y
Mohsin · #471, 29y
Siona · #471, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Dinah · #471, 29y
Siona · #471, 25y
Eugenie · #467, 29y
Blanche · #466, 12y

Carmela was ranked #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1972. 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.

Carmela 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 Carmela without appearing here.

Carmela moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #5666.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4003 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3151 and #3151 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Carmela

Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2148 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2673 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2346.

Moved the same way as Carmela

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Carmela went from #2683 to #4056 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Carmela went from #2683 to #4056 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Carmela went from #2683 to #4056 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Carmela went from #2165 to #4056 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #471 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carmela

Carmela at a glance

What stands out in Carmela's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carmela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Carmela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Carmela at a glance

What stands out in Carmela's record

Carmela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Carmela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Carmela

Carmela and the names beside it

Carmela moved ahead of

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