Scarlette

#1,173 for girls in 2025, 197 births

Peak · girls
2016 · 418 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,806
since 1940

Scarlette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Scarlette has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #694, 2016girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,173197
2024#1,128214
2023#1,047240
2022#955281
2021#928286
2020#840325
2019#878306
2018#825329
2017#799342
2016#694418
2015#776364
2014#939288
2013#877294
2012#946269
2011#999252
2010#1,165208
2009#1,860114
2008#1,913110
2007#1,886110
2006#2,43876
2005#3,17049
2004#3,56641
2003#5,41922
2002#4,76725
2001#4,02531
2000#7,15814
1999#5,42419
1998#5,79917
1997#4,66022
1996#8,8129
1995#6,25714
1994#5,44517
1993#5,20618
1992#7,06712
1991#5,65916
1990
1989#5,28616
1988#5,89513
1987#4,85716
1986#4,96415
1985#6,9559
1984#8,1537
1983#6,7059
1982#8,2247
1981
1980#8,1787
1979#8,0617
1978
1977#6,8928
1976#8,1566
1975
1974#7,6806
1973#5,19110
1972#4,30013
1971#6,6197
1970#3,31119
1969#4,72310
1968#2,70822
1967#6,8045
1966#3,26615
1965#2,83319
1964#3,51514
1963#3,80112
1962#3,16116
1961#2,67321
1960#4,7738
1959#4,6258
1958#4,8907
1957#4,5368
1956#3,69611
1955#4,3768
1954#3,71810
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1950#4,7386
1949#3,17611
1948#4,6516
1947#5,2955
1946#4,4176
1945#4,0256
1944#4,5745
1943#2,86111
1942#2,66612
1941#2,53212
1940#3,2088
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Scarlette! It came in at #3,208, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1951–1953, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Scarlette is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNHWashington: #775 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,801 girlsWAIdaho: #342 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,199 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,120 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,691 girlsILWisconsin: #732 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,709 girlsWIMichigan: #632 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,096 girlsMINew York: #1,060 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,192 girlsNYMassachusetts: #831 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,922 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedSDIowa: #506 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,046 girlsIAIndiana: #932 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,953 girlsINOhio: #963 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,669 girlsOHPennsylvania: #773 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,192 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,184 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,185 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #647 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 3,445 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedUTColorado: #675 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,181 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNEMissouri: #519 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,408 girlsMOKentucky: #647 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,957 girlsKYWest Virginia: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,125 girlsWVVirginia: #708 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,595 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedDEArizona: #473 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,099 girlsAZNew Mexico: #258 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 831 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,108 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,430 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #505 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,956 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedLAMississippi: #560 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,150 girlsMSAlabama: #788 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,742 girlsALGeorgia: #1,165 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,608 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedHITexas: #801 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 4,295 girlsTXFlorida: #1,095 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,091 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#258 · 1 in 831
  2. West Virginia#309 · 1 in 1,125
  3. Idaho#342 · 1 in 1,199
  4. Arizona#473 · 1 in 2,099
  5. Oklahoma#505 · 1 in 1,956

Best ever in a state: #227 in New Hampshire, 2015.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#25871 in 831
West Virginia#30951 in 1,125
Idaho#34251 in 1,199
Arizona#473141 in 2,099
Oklahoma#50581 in 1,956
Iowa#50661 in 2,046
Missouri#519111 in 2,408
Mississippi#56051 in 2,150
Michigan#632131 in 3,096
California#647551 in 3,445
Kentucky#64761 in 2,957
Colorado#67571 in 3,181
Virginia#708101 in 3,595
Wisconsin#73261 in 3,709
Pennsylvania#773121 in 4,192
Washington#77581 in 3,801
Alabama#78851 in 3,742
Texas#801371 in 4,295
Massachusetts#83151 in 4,922
Indiana#93261 in 4,953
Ohio#96391 in 5,669
New York#1,060141 in 6,192
Florida#1,095121 in 7,091
North Carolina#1,10871 in 6,430
Illinois#1,12081 in 6,691
Georgia#1,16571 in 6,608
New Jersey#1,18451 in 7,185
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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 Scarlette
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 45 spots since 2024 (#1,128#1,173)
  • 333 spots since 2020 (#840#1,173)
  • 397 spots since 2015 (#776#1,173)
  • Biggest jump: 166 spots in 2011 (#1,165#999)
  • Biggest drop: 105 spots in 2017 (#694#799)
Rise & fade · girls
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 2016 at #694 (418 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2011–2022
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,239
  • Highest: 1 in 4,239 girls born in 2016 were named Scarlette (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,159 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 52.9% of all girls named Scarlette (3,070) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s82#2,532 (1941)#3,741
1950s58#3,696 (1956)#4,368
1960s142#2,673 (1961)#3,826
1970s76#3,311 (1970)#6,276
1980s99#4,857 (1987)#6,580
1990s144#4,660 (1997)#6,037
2000s592#1,860 (2009)#3,620
2010s3,070#694 (2016)#890
2020s1,543#840 (2020)#1,012

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.

Scarlette in 2018

girls
#825
329 births · 1 in 5,170 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #825Scarlette329
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 5,170 of them was named Scarlette, which outranked 95.5% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scarlette
  1. #819Saoirse331
  2. #823Kenia330
  3. #823Tori330
  4. #825Scarlette329
  5. #825Hunter329
  6. #827Azariah328
  7. #827Jaelyn328
  8. #827Keily328

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 680Meghan#1,387#707
  2. 567Dior#1,360#793
  3. 367Palmer#1,042#675
  4. 361Adalee#1,217#856
  5. 346Oaklynn#888#542
Fallers
  1. 334Audrina#847#1,181
  2. 234Courtney#952#1,186
  3. 232Marjorie#938#1,170
  4. 228Anabelle#969#1,197
  5. 225Angelique#799#1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018