Carmela
About Carmela
Carmela has been most famous recently as the name of Tony Soprano's TV wife, played by Edie Falco. The spellings Carmela and Carmella are both used in Latin cultures including Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, and are used nearly equally in the US, given to a total of about 300 baby girls last year.
Pronounced kar-MEL-uh.
As of October 2026, Carmela ranked #1219 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #266 in 1923, Nameberry popularity #939.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,707 | 123 | 68.9 |
| 2015 | #1,831 | 113 | 63.3 |
| 2016 | #1,779 | 117 | 66 |
| 2017 | #1,815 | 114 | 66 |
| 2018 | #1,777 | 115 | 67.6 |
| 2019 | #1,477 | 149 | 88.8 |
| 2020 | #1,536 | 138 | 85.4 |
| 2021 | #1,554 | 135 | 82.3 |
| 2022 | #1,611 | 131 | 79.9 |
| 2023 | #1,453 | 153 | 95.4 |
| 2024 | #1,155 | 208 | 128.4 |
| 2025 | #1,219 | 186 | 115.7 |
World rankings
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Carmela on lists
Famous Carmelas
- Carmela Remigio
Italian operatic soprano
- Carmela Corren
Israeli singer
- Carmela Carabelli (born Carmelina Negri)
Italian mystic
Carmela in pop culture
- Carmela Corleone
character in The Godfather trilogy
- Carmela Soprano
character on TV's "The Sopranos"
- Carmela
character on TV's "Wizards of Waverly Place"