Karmello
Karmello was the 3347th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2698th; the most babies were born in 2024 (48). Over the last ten years it has moved up 590 places. More babies were named Karmello in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Carmelo) from Mount Carmel (Hebrew 'God's vineyard') · Hebrew, Italian, Spanish
- Rank in 2025
- #3,347 boys, down 177 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 35boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202448 babies
- Total since 1880
- 702babies recorded
What does the name Karmello mean?
Karmello 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)
Karmello popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,347 | 35 |
| 2020 | #3,170 | 36 |
| 2010 | #2,939 | 40 |
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How popular is Karmello, counting every spelling?
Karmello is a spelling of Carmelo, a name family that ranked #529 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,347 for Karmello 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 Karmello?
35 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Karmello (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Karmello 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 240 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Karmello.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Karmello?
About 700 people born in the US named Karmello are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 15. That makes Karmello a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Karmello by state
How common Karmello was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 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 Karmello: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Karmello, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Karmello
What does Karmello mean?
Karmello 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 Karmello?
Karmello was the 3347th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2698th; the most babies were born in 2024 (48). Over the last ten years it has moved up 590 places. More babies were named Karmello in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Karmello a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Karmello in the US.
Where is Karmello most popular?
In 2021–2025, Karmello was most common in Louisiana (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Georgia.