Karmelo
Karmelo was the 1523rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 114 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1486th with 121 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,140 places. More babies were named Karmelo in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Carmelo) from Mount Carmel (Hebrew 'God's vineyard') · Hebrew, Italian, Spanish
- Rank in 2025
- #1,523 boys, up 216 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 114boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021121 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,391babies recorded
What does the name Karmelo mean?
Karmelo 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)
Karmelo popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,523 | 114 |
| 2020 | #1,739 | 89 |
| 2010 | #2,763 | 44 |
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How popular is Karmelo, counting every spelling?
Karmelo is a spelling of Carmelo, a name family that ranked #529 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,523 for Karmelo 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 Karmelo?
114 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Karmelo (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Karmelo 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 74 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Karmelo.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Karmelo?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Karmelo are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Karmelo 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.
Karmelo by state
How common Karmelo was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (2.2×), Florida (1.9×), Illinois (1.9×). In 41 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 Karmelo: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Karmelo, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Karmelo
What does Karmelo mean?
Karmelo 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 Karmelo?
Karmelo was the 1523rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 114 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1486th with 121 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,140 places. More babies were named Karmelo in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Karmelo a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Karmelo in the US.
Where is Karmelo most popular?
In 2021–2025, Karmelo was most common in Georgia (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and Illinois.