Scarlett
#32 for girls in 2025, 5,644 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 7,258 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 111,687since 1937
Scarlett over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #32 | 5,644 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #27 | 5,912 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #17 | 6,318 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #14 | 7,258 | — | |
| 2021 | #20 | 6,631 | — | |
| 2020 | #21 | 6,521 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #21 | 7,086 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #20 | 7,226 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #18 | 7,721 | — | |
| 2016 | #18 | 7,720 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #22 | 7,143 | — | |
| 2014 | #30 | 6,011 | — | |
| 2013 | #42 | 5,054 | — | |
| 2012 | #61 | 4,045 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #80 | 3,564 | — | |
| 2010 | #115 | 2,717 | — | |
| 2009 | #170 | 1,923 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #211 | 1,621 | — | |
| 2007 | #218 | 1,583 | — | |
| 2006 | #297 | 1,116 | — | |
| 2005 | #423 | 733 | — | |
| 2004 | #528 | 538 | — | |
| 2003 | #758 | 327 | — | |
| 2002 | #806 | 290 | — | |
| 2001 | #936 | 237 | — | |
| 2000 | #941 | 227 | — | |
| 1999 | #877 | 245 | — | |
| 1998 | #837 | 254 | — | |
| 1997 | #878 | 231 | — | |
| 1996 | #819 | 248 | — | |
| 1995 | #750 | 272 | — | |
| 1994 | #848 | 235 | — | |
| 1993 | #803 | 250 | — | |
| 1992 | #948 | 204 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,160 | 151 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,063 | 167 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,183 | 138 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,157 | 132 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,016 | 152 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,088 | 137 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,226 | 112 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,112 | 124 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,319 | 91 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 87 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,172 | 113 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,125 | 121 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,204 | 108 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,358 | 87 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,009 | 133 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,182 | 96 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,268 | 85 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,349 | 74 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,219 | 87 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,221 | 92 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,099 | 107 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,182 | 89 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,031 | 101 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,204 | 78 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,232 | 76 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,025 | 103 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,009 | 113 | — | |
| 1963 | #993 | 115 | — | |
| 1962 | #925 | 131 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,014 | 114 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,338 | 68 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,552 | 49 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,379 | 59 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,274 | 68 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,204 | 75 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,026 | 96 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,224 | 57 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,251 | 53 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,105 | 65 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,175 | 45 | — | |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 | — | |
| 1942 | #897 | 76 | — | |
| 1941 | #821 | 77 | — | |
| 1940 | #935 | 59 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Scarlett! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1939, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Scarlett is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#453 · 1 in 3,796
- South Carolina#474 · 1 in 3,509
- Georgia#576 · 1 in 4,714
- New York#1,381 · 1 in 17,192
- California#1,390 · 1 in 17,078
Best ever in a state: #7 in Wyoming, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #453 | 6 | 1 in 3,796 |
| South Carolina | #474 | 5 | 1 in 3,509 |
| Georgia | #576 | 7 | 1 in 4,714 |
| New York | #1,381 | 6 | 1 in 17,192 |
| California | #1,390 | 8 | 1 in 17,078 |
| Texas | #1,429 | 5 | 1 in 19,088 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Scarlett
- 5 spots since 2024 (#27 → #32)
- 11 spots since 2020 (#21 → #32)
- 10 spots since 2015 (#22 → #32)
- Biggest jump: 2,494 spots in 1940 (#3,429 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 223 spots in 1944 (#952 → #1,175)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 2022 at #14 (7,258 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1992–2025
- Highest: 1 in 224 girls born in 2017 were named Scarlett (0.45%)
- Latest: 1 in 285 girls born in 2025 (0.35%)
- Its best rank, #14 in 2022, was only 1 in 226 (0.44%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 52.2% of all girls named Scarlett (58,287) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 20 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,570 |
| 1940s | 566 | #821 (1941) | #1,120 |
| 1950s | 560 | #1,026 (1955) | #1,395 |
| 1960s | 988 | #925 (1962) | #1,095 |
| 1970s | 923 | #1,009 (1977) | #1,264 |
| 1980s | 1,207 | #1,016 (1987) | #1,180 |
| 1990s | 2,257 | #750 (1995) | #898 |
| 2000s | 8,595 | #170 (2009) | #529 |
| 2010s | 58,287 | #18 (2017) | #43 |
| 2020s | 38,284 | #14 (2022) | #22 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Scarlett in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 17,265 of them was named Scarlett, which outranked 87.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,260Louisa86
- #1,260Tabetha86
- #1,260Tiffiny86
- #1,268Scarlett85
- #1,268Adela85
- #1,268Cherri85
- #1,268Donita85
- #1,278Harmony84
- #1,278Jillian84
- #1,278Kimberli84
Tied with 9 names at #1,268; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.