Carmello
Carmello was the 2845th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 1200th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 729 places. More babies were named Carmello in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Carmelo) from Mount Carmel (Hebrew 'God's vineyard') · Hebrew, Italian, Spanish
- Rank in 2025
- #2,845 boys, down 111 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2011147 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,175babies recorded
What does the name Carmello mean?
Carmello is a spelling of Carmelo, pronounced the same way, so it shares Carmelo's meaning and origin.
Carmelo is an Italian and Spanish boys' name, the masculine of Carmela, taken from Mount Carmel in Israel. Wiktionary derives Carmel from Hebrew kerem, vineyard, plus El, God, so "vineyard of God," and notes that the girls' name Carmel comes from the Catholic title of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Carmelo has been used in the US since 1904.
כֶּרֶם (Biblical Hebrew, “vineyard”)אֵל (Biblical Hebrew, “God”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary says the Hebrew analysis is 'probable'.
Related names: Carmela, Carmen, Carmel, Melo.
See also: Hebrew names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Carmelo' (Italian section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Carmel' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'כרמל' (Hebrew section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Carmello popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 21 since 1921.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,845 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,734 | 45 |
| 2010 | #1,378 | 122 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | #6,505 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #4,113 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | #3,526 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,318 | 12 |
| 1920 | #3,888 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Carmello, counting every spelling?
Carmello is a spelling of Carmelo, a name family that ranked #529 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,845 for Carmello on its own. Together these spellings went to 570 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo | 377 | #712 | 1,881 |
| Karmelo | 114 | #1,523 | 496 |
| Carmello | 44 | #2,845 | 257 |
| Karmello | 35 | #3,347 | 209 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Carmello?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carmello (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Carmello born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carmello.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Carmello?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Carmello are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 10 and 18. That makes Carmello mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Carmello by state
How common Carmello was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.5×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Carmello: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carmello, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Carmello
What does Carmello mean?
Carmello is a spelling of Carmelo, which means “from Mount Carmel (Hebrew 'God's vineyard')” (Hebrew, Italian, Spanish origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Carmello?
Carmello was the 2845th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 1200th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 729 places. More babies were named Carmello in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Carmello a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Carmello in the US.
Where is Carmello most popular?
In 2021–2025, Carmello was most common in Ohio (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by Michigan and Indiana.