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.

Karmel*

#20,500 most common girls' name of all time · #33,465 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1955–2021 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#20,500
Rank overall
#33,465 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
158
Since 2016
16
Peak year
2006
Best rank
#4,432 1966
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
1960198020002020

Karmel first appears in 1955. 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
2021 5 5 #15,626
2018 6 6 #14,078
2016 5 5 #16,595
2012 6 6
2007 5 5
2006 10 10
1981 6 6 #9,505
1980 5 5 #10,894
1979 8 8 #7,573
1977 6 6 #8,855
1975 8 8 #6,784
1972 5 5 #8,807
1970 5 5 #8,591
1969 5 5 #8,023
1967 6 6 #6,477
1966 10 10 #4,432
1965 8 8 #5,179
1964 5 5 #7,400
1963 8 8 #5,209
1962 9 9 #4,811
1960 5 5 #7,036
1957 8 8 #4,885
1956 8 8 #4,813
1955 6 6 #5,795