Scarlet

What Scarlet means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Scarlet yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #376 in 2015 to #509 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Scarlet?

US: Falling: down from #376 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #214 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 829 girls got the name (#378 that year). First in the US records in 1939.

How common

• About 1 in 2,766 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,036 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (1.2 per 1,000 girls), KY (0.99 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.77 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Scarlet is #509 in the US and #973 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Scarlet were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Scarlett5,644 US · 496 E&W
• Scarlette197 US · 4 E&W
• Skarlett61 US
• Skarlet25 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Scarlet

Girls

• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Pearl#776From the word “pearl”^*
• Mercy#862Editor’s note Up from #1,011 in 2015 to #862 in 2025 in the US
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*

For a brother

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Deacon#561Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 15 babies
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Scarlet’s. Rank is US 2025.