Scarlett Girl
How popular is Scarlett?
#32 girl name in 2025
5,644 baby girls were named Scarlett in the US in 2025, making it the 32nd most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Scarlett popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #32 for girls (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,644 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #22 in 2015, #21 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (7,721 girls) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1937 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Scarlett 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 Scarlett is most popular
Babies named Scarlett per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 13.1 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Vermont: 11.8 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Alaska: 9.4 per 1,000 (81 girls)
- West Virginia: 9.2 per 1,000 (240 girls)
- Rhode Island: 9.0 per 1,000 (113 girls)
Scarlett by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 20 | #3,427 |
| 1940s | 566 | #821 |
| 1950s | 560 | #1,025 |
| 1960s | 988 | #925 |
| 1970s | 923 | #1,009 |
| 1980s | 1,207 | #1,016 |
| 1990s | 2,257 | #749 |
| 2000s | 8,595 | #170 |
| 2010s | 58,287 | #18 |
| 2020s | 38,284 | #14 |
Girl names about as popular as Scarlett
Questions
- Is Scarlett a boy or girl name?
- Scarlett is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Scarlett were girls.
- How popular is the name Scarlett?
- 5,644 baby girls were named Scarlett in the US in 2025, making it the 32nd most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Scarlett most popular?
- Scarlett peaked in 2017, when 7,721 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #14 in 2022.
- How many people are named Scarlett?
- 111,739 babies have been named Scarlett in the US since 1880. We estimate about 110,673 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Scarlett most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Scarlett was most common in Wyoming, at 13.1 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.