Scarlet Girl
How popular is Scarlet?
#509 girl name in 2025
581 baby girls were named Scarlet in the US in 2025, making it the 509th most popular girl name.
Scarlet popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #509 for girls (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 581 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #376 in 2015, #446 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (870 girls) |
| Highest rank | #370 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1939 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Scarlet counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Scarlett family of names ranked #31 for girls in 2025 (#28 the year before), with 6,522 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlett | 5,644 | 87% |
| Scarlet | 581 | 9% |
| Scarlette | 197 | 3% |
| Skarlett | 61 | 1% |
| Skarlet | 25 | 0% |
| Skarlette | 14 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Scarlet is most popular
Babies named Scarlet per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Scarlet by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1940s | 216 | #1,555 |
| 1950s | 348 | #1,333 |
| 1960s | 609 | #1,201 |
| 1970s | 536 | #1,456 |
| 1980s | 493 | #1,837 |
| 1990s | 704 | #1,609 |
| 2000s | 2,616 | #607 |
| 2010s | 8,196 | #370 |
| 2020s | 3,985 | #432 |
Girl names about as popular as Scarlet
Questions
- Is Scarlet a boy or girl name?
- Scarlet is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Scarlet were girls.
- How popular is the name Scarlet?
- 581 baby girls were named Scarlet in the US in 2025, making it the 509th most popular girl name.
- When was Scarlet most popular?
- Scarlet peaked in 2015, when 870 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #370 in 2013.
- How many people are named Scarlet?
- 17,709 babies have been named Scarlet in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,358 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Scarlet most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Scarlet was most common in Nevada, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.