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.

Carmelita

#2,017 most common girls' name of all time · #3,442 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1887–2025

Rank among girls
#2,017
Rank overall
#3,442 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
6,965
Since 2016
113
Peak year
1973 #895
Best rank
#666 1930
Girls Boys peak 140/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Carmelita first appears in 1887. 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
2025 14 — 14 #7,511
2024 15 — 15 #7,273
2022 10 — 10 #9,715
2021 10 — 10 #9,598
2020 17 — 17 #6,645
2019 9 — 9 #10,500
2018 13 — 13 #8,167
2017 13 — 13 #8,318
2016 12 — 12 #8,899
2015 11 — 11 #9,508
2014 15 — 15 #7,660
2013 15 — 15 #7,770
2012 24 — 24 #5,562
2011 15 — 15 #7,805
2010 17 — 17 #7,239
2009 24 — 24 #5,718
2008 14 — 14 #8,546
2007 18 — 18 #7,112
2006 22 — 22 #5,930
2005 23 — 23 #5,448
2004 22 — 22 #5,569
2003 26 — 26 #4,814
2002 18 — 18 #6,145
2001 30 — 30 #4,119
2000 24 — 24 #4,807
1999 24 — 24 #4,588
1998 36 — 36 #3,359
1997 26 — 26 #4,130
1996 39 — 39 #3,036
1995 39 — 39 #2,981
1994 29 — 29 #3,713
1993 34 — 34 #3,299
1992 45 — 45 #2,693
1991 41 — 41 #2,851
1990 40 — 40 #2,854
1989 37 — 37 #2,942
1988 41 — 41 #2,605
1987 46 — 46 #2,313
1986 41 — 41 #2,425
1985 39 — 39 #2,492
1984 59 — 59 #1,815
1983 66 — 66 #1,671
1982 71 — 71 #1,628
1981 73 — 73 #1,597
1980 89 — 89 #1,397
1979 82 — 82 #1,462
1978 75 — 75 #1,504
1977 87 — 87 #1,326
1976 83 — 83 #1,310
1975 109 — 109 #1,076
1974 127 — 127 #969
1973 140 — 140 #895
1972 114 — 114 #1,024
1971 76 — 76 #1,394
1970 75 — 75 #1,397
1969 84 — 84 #1,217
1968 87 — 87 #1,159
1967 85 — 85 #1,151
1966 84 — 84 #1,162
1965 69 — 69 #1,306
1964 87 — 87 #1,185
1963 103 — 103 #1,058
1962 102 — 102 #1,070
1961 99 — 99 #1,104
1960 109 — 109 #1,031
1959 112 — 112 #998
1958 98 — 98 #1,062
1957 118 — 118 #948
1956 108 — 108 #972
1955 80 — 80 #1,115
1954 99 — 99 #981
1953 100 — 100 #945
1952 91 — 91 #993
1951 78 — 78 #1,054
1950 86 — 86 #980
1949 76 — 76 #1,027
1948 66 — 66 #1,099
1947 65 — 65 #1,110
1946 69 — 69 #1,015
1945 68 — 68 #920
1944 68 — 68 #941
1943 91 — 91 #812
1942 77 — 77 #892
1941 76 — 76 #834
1940 92 — 92 #727
1939 64 — 64 #881
1938 62 — 62 #900
1937 68 — 68 #837
1936 63 — 63 #857
1935 76 — 76 #777
1934 82 — 82 #738
1933 78 — 78 #750
1932 83 — 83 #741
1931 89 — 89 #714
1930 107 — 107 #666
1929 69 — 69 #856
1928 84 — 84 #784
1927 71 — 71 #887
1926 80 — 80 #819
1925 78 — 78 #848
1924 70 — 70 #911
1923 55 — 55 #1,020
1922 56 — 56 #1,004
1921 52 — 52 #1,051
1920 54 — 54 #1,015
1919 53 — 53 #991
1918 45 — 45 #1,098
1917 49 — 49 #1,009
1916 43 — 43 #1,075
1915 37 — 37 #1,127
1914 24 — 24 #1,278
1913 32 — 32 #952
1912 30 — 30 #933
1911 21 — 21 #976
1910 16 — 16 #1,142
1909 15 — 15 #1,080
1908 14 — 14 #1,120
1907 9 — 9 #1,452
1906 13 — 13 #1,083
1905 13 — 13 #1,082
1904 11 — 11 #1,147
1903 14 — 14 #956
1902 11 — 11 #1,113
1901 9 — 9 #1,186
1900 18 — 18 #914
1899 8 — 8 #1,243
1898 9 — 9 #1,226
1897 11 — 11 #1,027
1896 7 — 7 #1,358
1895 10 — 10 #1,105
1894 8 — 8 #1,207
1893 10 — 10 #1,013
1892 8 — 8 #1,160
1891 12 — 12 #836
1890 7 — 7 #1,187
1889 9 — 9 #946
1887 7 — 7 #1,028