Feminine dossier · first seen 1887

Carmelita

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carmelita
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1973

Peak rank proxy

140

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1887Peak 19732024

Peak year

1973

Decline from peak

90%

2024

All-time

6,950

Carmelita has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1973, when 140 girls were named Carmelita.

In 2024, only 14 girls were given the name.

Down 90% from its peak.

All told, about 6,950 Americans have been named Carmelita and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1887.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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