Carmelo
Carmelo was the 712th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 377 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 515th with 516 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4 places. More babies were named Carmelo in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning from Mount Carmel (Hebrew 'God's vineyard') · Hebrew, Italian, Spanish
Say it kar-MEL-oh /kɑrˈmɛloʊ/
- Rank in 2025
- #712 boys, up 5 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 377boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2013516 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,173babies recorded
What does the name Carmelo mean?
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)
Nicknames for Carmelo
The usual nicknames for Carmelo are Melo.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melo | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Carmelos go by each one.
Carmelo popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1923.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #712 | 377 |
| 2020 | #717 | 346 |
| 2010 | #779 | 286 |
| 2000 | #1,994 | 51 |
| 1990 | #1,410 | 63 |
| 1980 | #1,089 | 69 |
| 1970 | #800 | 103 |
| 1960 | #929 | 66 |
| 1950 | #1,169 | 38 |
| 1940 | #1,580 | 19 |
| 1930 | #805 | 65 |
| 1920 | #706 | 84 |
| 1910 | #1,129 | 9 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Carmelo, counting every spelling?
Carmelo is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #529 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #712 for Carmelo 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 Carmelo?
377 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carmelo (0.10 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Carmelo 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 22 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carmelo.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Carmelo?
About 10,800 people born in the US named Carmelo are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 8 and 37. That makes Carmelo 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.
Carmelo by state
How common Carmelo was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Connecticut (3.8×), New Jersey (2.4×), New York (1.9×), Florida (1.8×), Illinois (1.8×). In 19 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 Carmelo: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carmelo, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Carmelo · Sibling names for Carmelo
Questions about the name Carmelo
What does Carmelo mean?
Carmelo means “from Mount Carmel (Hebrew 'God's vineyard')” (Hebrew, Italian, Spanish origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Carmelo?
Carmelo was the 712th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 377 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 515th with 516 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4 places. More babies were named Carmelo in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Carmelo a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Carmelo in the US.
Where is Carmelo most popular?
In 2021–2025, Carmelo was most common in Connecticut (0.83 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and New York.