Carmella
Carmella is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Carmella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carmella is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Carmella
The earliest SSA record of Carmella as a baby girl name dates back to 1891, when 8 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 554 newborns named Carmella — #276 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Carmella on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Carmella ranks #1,316 for baby girls with 172 births, gradually rising (+6%). All told, over 21K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Carmella
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Carmella. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Carmella
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Carmella DeCesare , a playmate for Playboy magazine
- Carmella Flöck , a courier for the Austrian Resistance during the Anschluss of 1938–1945.
- Carmella Marcella Garcia, Miss Continental Plus 1995
- Carmella Sabaugh , an American politician
- Carmella (wrestler) , ring name of professional wrestler Leah Van Dale
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Names that sound like Carmella
Phonetically similar names — useful when Carmella is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Carmella
Carmella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 21K births in the dataset. Carmella's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #276. Use the chart and map above to compare Carmella's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.