How popular is “Carmelita” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carmelita” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Carmelita” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Carmelita” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Carmelita” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Carmelita” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Carmelita” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carmelita” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Bias toward female
1887	7	0.000028295	7	100%
1889	9	0.000031148	9	100%
1890	7	0.000023225	7	100%
1891	12	0.00004186	12	100%
1892	8	0.000023925	8	100%
1893	10	0.000030748	10	100%
1894	8	0.00002362	8	100%
1895	10	0.000028488	10	100%
1896	7	0.000019581	7	100%
1897	11	0.000031704	11	100%
1898	9	0.000023594	9	100%
1899	8	0.000023583	8	100%
1900	18	0.000039977	18	100%
1901	9	0.000026026	9	100%
1902	11	0.000028443	11	100%
1903	14	0.000036726	14	100%
1904	11	0.000027262	11	100%
1905	13	0.000030666	13	100%
1906	13	0.000030342	13	100%
1907	9	0.000019339	9	100%
1908	14	0.00002865	14	100%
1909	15	0.000029341	15	100%
1910	16	0.000027086	16	100%
1911	21	0.000032595	21	100%
1912	30	0.000030362	30	100%
1913	32	0.000028142	32	100%
1914	24	0.000016945	24	100%
1915	37	0.000020192	37	100%
1916	43	0.000022229	43	100%
1917	49	0.000024418	49	100%
1918	45	0.000020727	45	100%
1919	53	0.000025116	53	100%
1920	54	0.000023866	54	100%
1921	52	0.000022275	52	100%
1922	56	0.000024463	56	100%
1923	55	0.000023887	55	100%
1924	70	0.000029392	70	100%
1925	78	0.000033429	78	100%
1926	80	0.000034845	80	100%
1927	71	0.000030612	71	100%
1928	84	0.000037153	84	100%
1929	69	0.000031476	69	100%
1930	107	0.000048127	107	100%
1931	89	0.000042293	89	100%
1932	83	0.000039312	83	100%
1933	78	0.000039011	78	100%
1934	82	0.000039484	82	100%
1935	76	0.000036365	76	100%
1936	63	0.000030324	63	100%
1937	68	0.000031915	68	100%
1938	62	0.000028022	62	100%
1939	64	0.000029045	64	100%
1940	92	0.000039953	92	100%
1941	76	0.000031193	76	100%
1942	77	0.000028186	77	100%
1943	91	0.00003224	91	100%
1944	68	0.000025278	68	100%
1945	68	0.000025632	68	100%
1946	69	0.000021594	69	100%
1947	65	0.000018044	65	100%
1948	66	0.000019116	66	100%
1949	76	0.000021809	76	100%
1950	86	0.000024548	86	100%
1951	78	0.000021174	78	100%
1952	91	0.00002396	91	100%
1953	100	0.000025949	100	100%
1954	99	0.00002487	99	100%
1955	80	0.000019925	80	100%
1956	108	0.000026194	108	100%
1957	118	0.000028081	118	100%
1958	98	0.000023706	98	100%
1959	112	0.000026936	112	100%
1960	109	0.000026241	109	100%
1961	99	0.0000239	99	100%
1962	102	0.000025276	102	100%
1963	103	0.000026022	103	100%
1964	87	0.000022379	87	100%
1965	69	0.000019032	69	100%
1966	84	0.000024168	84	100%
1967	85	0.000025038	85	100%
1968	87	0.000025752	87	100%
1969	84	0.00002417	84	100%
1970	75	0.000020796	75	100%
1971	76	0.000022142	76	100%
1972	114	0.000036271	114	100%
1973	140	0.000046405	140	100%
1974	127	0.000041776	127	100%
1975	109	0.0000361	109	100%
1976	83	0.000027354	83	100%
1977	87	0.000027389	87	100%
1978	75	0.00002363	75	100%
1979	82	0.000024647	82	100%
1980	89	0.000025838	89	100%
1981	73	0.000021102	73	100%
1982	71	0.00002024	71	100%
1983	66	0.000019057	66	100%
1984	59	0.000016911	59	100%
1985	39	0.000010927	39	100%
1986	41	0.000011526	41	100%
1987	46	0.000012758	46	100%
1988	41	0.000011096	41	100%
1989	37	0.000009624	37	100%
1990	40	0.00001012	40	100%
1991	41	0.000010526	41	100%
1992	45	0.000011715	45	100%
1993	34	0.000009018	34	100%
1994	29	0.000007801	29	100%
1995	39	0.000010649	39	100%
1996	39	0.000010693	39	100%
1997	26	0.000007171	26	100%
1998	36	0.000009787	36	100%
1999	24	0.000006497	24	100%
2000	24	0.000006349	24	100%
2001	30	0.000008014	30	100%
2002	18	0.000004815	18	100%
2003	26	0.000006838	26	100%
2004	22	0.000005758	22	100%
2005	23	0.000005982	23	100%
2006	22	0.000005561	22	100%
2007	18	0.000004503	18	100%
2008	14	0.000003562	14	100%
2009	24	0.000006282	24	100%
2010	17	0.0000046	17	100%
2011	15	0.000004101	15	100%
2012	24	0.000006562	24	100%
2013	15	0.000004114	15	100%
2014	15	0.000004047	15	100%
2015	11	0.000002972	11	100%
2016	12	0.000003271	12	100%
2017	13	0.000003635	13	100%
2018	13	0.000003697	13	100%
2019	9	0.000002593	9	100%
2020	17	0.000005089	17	100%
2021	10	0.000002952	10	100%
2022	10	0.000002956	10	100%
2024	14	0.000004206	14	100%

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