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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202011peak #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 2011

  • 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: #678 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,357 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #661 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,416 girlsMNIllinois: #1,073 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,607 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedWIMichigan: #692 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,765 girlsMINew York: #1,069 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,626 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMARhode 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: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,009 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,070 girlsINOhio: #1,207 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,600 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,379 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,562 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #694 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 3,993 girlsCAUtah: #626 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,992 girlsUTColorado: #870 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,479 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNEMissouri: #929 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,409 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedWVVirginia: #897 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,151 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedDEArizona: #765 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,814 girlsAZNew Mexico: #427 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,464 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: #1,039 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,308 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #634 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,911 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,059 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,964 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedHITexas: #1,295 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 8,660 girlsTXFlorida: #1,071 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,627 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#427 · 1 in 1,464
  2. Utah#626 · 1 in 2,992
  3. South Carolina#634 · 1 in 2,911
  4. Minnesota#661 · 1 in 3,416
  5. Washington#678 · 1 in 3,357

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#42751 in 1,464
Utah#62661 in 2,992
South Carolina#63461 in 2,911
Minnesota#66171 in 3,416
Washington#67891 in 3,357
Michigan#692111 in 3,765
California#694521 in 3,993
Arizona#76581 in 3,814
Colorado#87051 in 4,479
Virginia#89771 in 5,151
Missouri#92951 in 5,409
Indiana#1,00951 in 6,070
North Carolina#1,03971 in 6,308
Georgia#1,05981 in 5,964
New York#1,069141 in 6,626
Florida#1,071121 in 6,627
Illinois#1,07391 in 6,607
Ohio#1,20761 in 8,600
Texas#1,295181 in 8,660
Pennsylvania#1,37951 in 10,562
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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 2011

girls
#999
252 births · 1 in 6,980 girls

Top girls' names in 2011

  1. #1Sophia21,863
  2. #2Isabella19,931
  3. #3Emma18,825
  4. #4Olivia17,335
  5. #5Ava15,518
  6. #6Emily14,277
  7. #7Abigail13,266
  8. #8Madison12,406
  9. #9Mia11,543
  10. #10Chloe11,007
  11. #999Scarlette252
More about 2011

girls

1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 6,980 of them was named Scarlette, which outranked 94.9% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scarlette
  1. #996Anabel254
  2. #997India253
  3. #997Reina253
  4. #999Scarlette252
  5. #999Ariah252
  6. #999Emory252
  7. #999Galilea252
  8. #1,005Damaris251
  9. #1,005Yuliana251
  10. #1,007Delia250

Tied with 5 names at #999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. ↑ 814Milania#1,629 → #815
  2. ↑ 554Alianna#1,529 → #975
  3. ↑ 444Hattie#1,438 → #994
  4. ↑ 419Aviana#1,185 → #766
  5. ↑ 414Avianna#1,249 → #835
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,131Allisson#796 → #1,927
  2. ↓ 350Shaniya#565 → #915
  3. ↓ 346Brisa#464 → #810
  4. ↓ 335Alexus#976 → #1,311
  5. ↓ 273Abigale#909 → #1,182

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

See the top 100 for 2011 →