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

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Peak · girls
2022 · 7,258 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
111,687
since 1937

Scarlett over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #14, 2022girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#325,644#10,6956
2024#275,912#10,9386
2023#176,318#10,8216
2022#147,258—
2021#206,631—
2020#216,521#12,0225
2019#217,086#12,1455
2018#207,226#10,7606
2017#187,721—
2016#187,720#12,1855
2015#227,143—
2014#306,011—
2013#425,054—
2012#614,045#10,7706
2011#803,564—
2010#1152,717—
2009#1701,923#9,8647
2008#2111,621—
2007#2181,583—
2006#2971,116—
2005#423733—
2004#528538—
2003#758327—
2002#806290—
2001#936237—
2000#941227—
1999#877245—
1998#837254—
1997#878231—
1996#819248—
1995#750272—
1994#848235—
1993#803250—
1992#948204—
1991#1,160151—
1990#1,063167—
1989#1,183138—
1988#1,157132—
1987#1,016152—
1986#1,088137—
1985#1,226112—
1984#1,112124—
1983#1,31991—
1982#1,39987—
1981#1,172113—
1980#1,125121—
1979#1,204108—
1978#1,35887—
1977#1,009133—
1976#1,18296—
1975#1,72954—
1974#1,26885—
1973#1,34974—
1972#1,21987—
1971#1,22192—
1970#1,099107—
1969#1,18289—
1968#1,031101—
1967#1,20478—
1966#1,23276—
1965#1,025103—
1964#1,009113—
1963#993115—
1962#925131—
1961#1,014114—
1960#1,33868—
1959#1,55249—
1958#1,37959—
1957#1,27468—
1956#1,20475—
1955#1,02696—
1954#1,48146—
1953#1,62237—
1952#1,68034—
1951#1,50539—
1950#1,22457—
1949#1,25153—
1948#1,10565—
1947#1,41343—
1946#1,27646—
1945#1,37434—
1944#1,17545—
1943#95268—
1942#89776—
1941#82177—
1940#93559—
1939#3,4297—
1938#3,8476—
1937#3,4347—
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First appearance
1937

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 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,168 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,605 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,116 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,842 girlsMINew York: #684 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,055 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #855 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,337 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #842 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 6,736 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedMOKentucky: #400 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,856 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedDEArizona: #825 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,410 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedARTennessee: #293 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,948 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #522 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,815 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #422 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,313 girlsOKLouisiana: #614 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,736 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedALGeorgia: #453 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,135 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlett, so not publishedHITexas: #913 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,157 girlsTXFlorida: #549 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,922 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#293 · 1 in 1,948
  2. Kentucky#400 · 1 in 2,856
  3. Oklahoma#422 · 1 in 2,313
  4. Georgia#453 · 1 in 3,135
  5. North Carolina#522 · 1 in 3,815

Best ever in a state: #7 in Wyoming, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#293151 in 1,948
Kentucky#40071 in 2,856
Oklahoma#42271 in 2,313
Georgia#453131 in 3,135
North Carolina#522101 in 3,815
Florida#549191 in 3,922
Louisiana#61461 in 3,736
New York#684221 in 5,055
Arizona#82551 in 5,410
California#842361 in 6,736
New Jersey#85561 in 7,337
Texas#913191 in 7,157
Michigan#1,11651 in 10,842
Illinois#1,16871 in 10,605
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
85 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 2022 at #14 (7,258 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1992–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 224
  • 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
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 52.2% of all girls named Scarlett (58,287) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s20#3,429 (1939)#3,570
1940s566#821 (1941)#1,120
1950s560#1,026 (1955)#1,395
1960s988#925 (1962)#1,095
1970s923#1,009 (1977)#1,264
1980s1,207#1,016 (1987)#1,180
1990s2,257#750 (1995)#898
2000s8,595#170 (2009)#529
2010s58,287#18 (2017)#43
2020s38,284#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 1994

girls
#848
235 births · 1 in 7,599 girls

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #848Scarlett235
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 7,599 of them was named Scarlett, which outranked 94.6% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scarlett
  1. #844Griselda236
  2. #844Ivette236
  3. #844Marisela236
  4. #848Scarlett235
  5. #848Kaycee235
  6. #848Kayley235
  7. #851Kaci234
  8. #852Alessandra233
  9. #853Cecelia232

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

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →