Girl
Carmel
As a girl's name, Carmel traces back to Hebrew, where it is understood to mean "Hebrew karmel". It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1924.
HebrewHebrew "karmel"
EtymologyMeaning "garden, vineyard" (Mount Carmel)
Births by decade
1900s
227
1910s
1,040
1920s
1,517
1930s
957
1940s
799
1950s
1,098
1960s
1,098
1970s
571
1980s
386
1990s
235
2000s
252
2010s
181
Peaked in the 1920s · 8,361 total U.S. births since 1900