Feminine dossier · first seen 1891

Carmella

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

554

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1891Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

69.5%

2024

169

All-time

20,477

Carmella 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 1922, when 554 girls were named Carmella.

In 2024, only 169 girls were given the name.

Down 69.5% from its peak.

All told, about 20,477 Americans have been named Carmella and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1891.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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