Scarlett

What Scarlett means

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

Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Scarlett?

US: Falling: down from #22 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #16 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 7,721 girls got the name (#18 that year). First in the US records in 1937.

How common

• About 1 in 285 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 511 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 459 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 WY (16.03 per 1,000 girls), VT (12.32 per 1,000 girls), RI (9.79 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Scarlett is #32 in the US and #93 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 Scarlett were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Scarlet581 US · 36 E&W
• Scarlette197 US · 4 E&W
• Skarlett61 US
• Skarlet25 US
• Skarlette14 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 Scarlett

Girls

• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*

For a brother

• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*

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