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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #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 2013

  • 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: #749 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,728 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: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,432 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,659 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedWIMichigan: #881 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,205 girlsMINew York: #1,171 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,605 girlsNYMassachusetts: #739 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,230 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: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedINOhio: #1,026 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,574 girlsOHPennsylvania: #846 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,208 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,150 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,299 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #639 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 3,537 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedUTColorado: #507 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,272 girlsCONebraska: #421 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,574 girlsNEMissouri: #727 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,860 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedWVVirginia: #680 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,628 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedDEArizona: #456 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,048 girlsAZNew Mexico: #390 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,349 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedARTennessee: #916 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,956 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #737 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,027 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #735 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,503 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: #671 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,113 girlsALGeorgia: #941 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,172 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedHITexas: #858 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 5,030 girlsTXFlorida: #860 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,073 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#390 · 1 in 1,349
  2. Nebraska#421 · 1 in 1,574
  3. Arizona#456 · 1 in 2,048
  4. Colorado#507 · 1 in 2,272
  5. California#639 · 1 in 3,537

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#39051 in 1,349
Nebraska#42151 in 1,574
Arizona#456151 in 2,048
Colorado#507101 in 2,272
California#639581 in 3,537
Alabama#67161 in 3,113
Virginia#680101 in 3,628
Missouri#72771 in 3,860
South Carolina#73551 in 3,503
North Carolina#737111 in 4,027
Massachusetts#73961 in 4,230
Washington#74981 in 3,728
Pennsylvania#846101 in 5,208
Texas#858321 in 5,030
Florida#860161 in 5,073
Michigan#88181 in 5,205
Tennessee#91661 in 4,956
Georgia#94191 in 5,172
Ohio#1,02681 in 6,574
New Jersey#1,15051 in 7,299
New York#1,171121 in 7,605
Illinois#1,43261 in 9,659
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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 2013

girls
#877
294 births · 1 in 5,969 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #877Scarlette294
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 5,969 of them was named Scarlette, which outranked 95.5% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scarlette
  1. #874Abril295
  2. #874Aviana295
  3. #874Lara295
  4. #877Scarlette294
  5. #877Aleigha294
  6. #877Micah294
  7. #877Miya294
  8. #882Carley293
  9. #882Dixie293
  10. #884Samiyah292

Tied with 4 names at #877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,124Daleyza#3,711 → #587
  2. ↑ 736Marjorie#1,646 → #910
  3. ↑ 683Lennon#1,612 → #929
  4. ↑ 561Jurnee#1,457 → #896
  5. ↑ 539Everleigh#1,405 → #866
Fallers
  1. ↓ 827Litzy#598 → #1,425
  2. ↓ 409Geraldine#994 → #1,403
  3. ↓ 384Taraji#858 → #1,242
  4. ↓ 374Marisa#977 → #1,351
  5. ↓ 372Adley#733 → #1,105

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →