Carmelita

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A few things about Carmelita you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Carmelita

Carmelita Jeter

American female 100m sprinter

Choose Carmelita and your child shares a first name with Carmelita Jeter, an American female 100m sprinter. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Carmelita, like who?” Carmelita Jeter's Wikipedia article is available in 39 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Stephen Walli from Redmond, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 114,943 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Carmelita, 14 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Carmelita would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryCarmelita first shows up in US birth records in 1887, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 138 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1930, when it ranked #664. Today it's #7,491, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendCarmelita has slipped 862 places over the last five years and now sits at #7,491. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningCarmelita is a Spanish form of Carmel, which means “garden, orchard”. Our records link it to Hebrew and Spanish roots.

About the name Carmelita

Carmelita is a girl name of Hebrew and Spanish origin meaning “garden, orchard”. It has 9 letters and 4 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-ita”. US birth records list Carmelita for girls from 1887 to 2025, in 137 of those 139 years. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked #664 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #7,491, with 14 babies.

Origin:Hebrew namesSpanish names