Girls' name · peaked in 2019
Scarlet name popularity since 1925
17,709 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Scarlet. Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Scarlet is about 12 years old in 2026. Scarlet peaked in 2019 as the #378 name for girls, and it ranked #510 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,709
- Named Scarlet, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #510
- for girls in 2025 (581 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 17,709 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 1.94× its national share
Peak year is the year Scarlet made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Scarlet births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2015. Measured as a share of all babies, Scarlet peaked in 2019.
- Fastest rise: Between 2005 and 2010, Scarlet became 3.7× more common, from 1 in 8,630 baby girls to 1 in 2,330.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Scarlet's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Scarlet.
Decade by decade
Babies named Scarlet in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 6 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 216 | #2,223 |
| 1950s | 348 | #1,346 |
| 1960s | 609 | #1,482 |
| 1970s | 536 | #2,046 |
| 1980s | 493 | #2,130 |
| 1990s | 704 | #1,786 |
| 2000s | 2,616 | #1,108 |
| 2010s | 8,196 | #376 |
| 2020–25 | 3,985 | #510 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
55.2% of babies named Scarlet from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Scarlet is most popular
The index compares Scarlet's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Scarlet.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 1.94× | 372 |
| California | 1.54× | 2,412 |
| Washington | 1.39× | 344 |
| Texas | 1.34× | 1,557 |
| Florida | 1.26× | 675 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Scarlet and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet (this page) | 17,709 | 2019 |
| Scarlett | 111,687 | 2017 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Scarlet's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Scarlet.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Scarlet (2019).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data