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Unnamed BabySSA national name archive · 1880–2025

Carmel

Recorded for both sexesBaby Boomer

2025 rank

#5,004

down −211 places

2025 births

26

down −2 births

All-time births

7,216

0% of them in 2025

More common than

97%

of all archived spellings recorded for girls, by lifetime births for that sex
Peak year
1962
155 births
Best rank
#585
in 1914
First recorded
1888
#1,308 that year
Last recorded
2025
still in the data
Average birth year
1949
weighted by recorded births
Years recorded
135 of 146
with gaps

Top five years

  1. 1962155#848Peak
  2. 1924153#601
  3. 1957143#848
  4. 1925139#623
  5. 1923137#630

Rank over time

Inverted scale — nearer the top is more popular. Unrecorded years are left blank, not drawn as zero.

Best rank #585 in 1914 · peak births 155 in 1962

Boys and girls

Births per year for each sex, on one shared scale. The girls' series is dashed.

● 16% boys■ 84% girls

1,393 boys · 7,216 girls, all time

Births by decade

Where the name's whole run sits, with the best and worst rank it held in each decade

Trajectory by decade

Where Carmel has ranked, decade by decade

The band spans each decade's best and worst rank; the line follows its best.