How popular is the name Scarlet?

Scarlet ranks 1,017th among girls' names in US records, with 17,121 births since 1939. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,507.

Is Scarlet a unisex name?

No. Scarlet is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2015, when 870 children were given the name. It has been in use for 86 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,017 of girl names

Pronounced S K AA1 R L AH0 T (ARPABET)

Scarlet is a girls' name, and first appears in 1939. It has been given to 17,121 children — the 1,017th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 25% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2015, when 870 children were given it.

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Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Scarlet?: Scarlet ranks 1,017th among girls' names in US records, with 17,121 births since 1939. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,507.
Is Scarlet a unisex name?: No. Scarlet is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Scarlet most popular?: 2015, when 870 children were given the name. It has been in use for 86 years and is still recorded as of 2024.