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“Garden or vineyard of God, from Mount Carmel” — Hebrew origin
Girl's name · #1285 in the US (2025) · Timeless
Carmella holds its lane: charted since 1891 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1285 in 2025). About 21,000 girls have carried it along the way. Across the Northeast it runs about twice its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Carmela (#1219), Carmella would rank around #754 with about 360 births last year — the newborns split about 52/48 between Carmela and Carmella.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 17 notable people named Carmella:
Entertainers appear 2.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Carmella, American professional wrestler, dancer and model.
Similar names: Carmela · Toby · Karmen · Marcella · Leora · Manuela
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