Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carmaleta

#26,036 most common girls' name of all time · #42,192 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1920–1982

Rank among girls
#26,036
Rank overall
#42,192 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
90
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1933 #3,069
Best rank
#3,069 1933
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1920194019601980

Carmaleta first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1982 5 — 5 #10,775
1976 5 — 5 #9,612
1961 5 — 5 #6,881
1957 6 — 6 #5,661
1953 5 — 5 #6,028
1952 5 — 5 #5,916
1941 5 — 5 #4,808
1940 7 — 7 #3,751
1937 7 — 7 #3,705
1933 9 — 9 #3,069
1931 7 — 7 #3,788
1930 5 — 5 #5,051
1924 5 — 5 #5,669
1921 7 — 7 #4,422
1920 7 — 7 #4,379