Scarlett

Where Scarlett comes from

The dictionaries list Scarlett as a given name — a female given name transferred from the surname, of general post-1936 usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,434 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Scarlett Pomers born
    American actress and singer
  3. 1990
    Scarlett Byrne born
    British actress
  4. 2022
    Peak, #14
    7,258 babies named Scarlett — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of general post-1936 usage.
Namesakes
  • Scarlett Byrne · British actress, born 1990
  • Scarlett Pomers · American actress and singer, born 1988
  • Scarlett Mew Jensen · British diver, born 2001
  • Scarlett Estevez · American actress, born 2007
  • Scarlett Thomas · British writer, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.