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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #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 2016

  • 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: #1,100 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,429 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: #697 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,506 girlsMNIllinois: #1,428 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,604 girlsILWisconsin: #608 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,913 girlsWIMichigan: #504 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,475 girlsMINew York: #1,087 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,417 girlsNYMassachusetts: #522 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,548 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedRIOregon: #572 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,534 girlsORNevada: #470 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,860 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedSDIowa: #502 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,167 girlsIAIndiana: #624 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,029 girlsINOhio: #1,282 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,678 girlsOHPennsylvania: #763 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,321 girlsPANew Jersey: #658 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,325 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #519 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 2,681 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedUTColorado: #712 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,366 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNEMissouri: #495 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,261 girlsMOKentucky: #568 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,608 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedWVVirginia: #772 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,126 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedDEArizona: #247 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,105 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedNMKansas: #522 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,101 girlsKSArkansas: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,257 girlsARTennessee: #844 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,434 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #847 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,531 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #660 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,976 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #351 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,399 girlsOKLouisiana: 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: #912 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,805 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Scarlette, so not publishedHITexas: #677 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 3,559 girlsTXFlorida: #789 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,335 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#247 · 1 in 1,105
  2. Oklahoma#351 · 1 in 1,399
  3. Nevada#470 · 1 in 1,860
  4. Missouri#495 · 1 in 2,261
  5. Iowa#502 · 1 in 2,167

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#247281 in 1,105
Oklahoma#351121 in 1,399
Nevada#47061 in 1,860
Missouri#495121 in 2,261
Iowa#50261 in 2,167
Michigan#504171 in 2,475
California#519761 in 2,681
Kansas#52261 in 2,101
Massachusetts#522101 in 2,548
Arkansas#55351 in 2,257
Kentucky#56871 in 2,608
Oregon#57261 in 2,534
Wisconsin#60881 in 2,913
Indiana#624101 in 3,029
New Jersey#658111 in 3,325
South Carolina#66061 in 2,976
Texas#677471 in 3,559
Minnesota#69771 in 3,506
Colorado#71271 in 3,366
Pennsylvania#763121 in 4,321
Virginia#77291 in 4,126
Florida#789201 in 4,335
Tennessee#84471 in 4,434
North Carolina#847101 in 4,531
Georgia#912101 in 4,805
New York#1,087141 in 6,417
Washington#1,10051 in 6,429
Ohio#1,28261 in 8,678
Illinois#1,42861 in 9,604
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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 2016

girls
#694
418 births · 1 in 4,239 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #694Scarlette418
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 4,239 of them was named Scarlette, which outranked 96.3% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Scarlette
  1. #691Lilianna421
  2. #692Monroe419
  3. #692Penny419
  4. #694Scarlette418
  5. #694Elyse418
  6. #694Lylah418
  7. #697Liv414
  8. #698Ansley412
  9. #698Emilee412

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

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →