Girl name#1,968 of girl names
Scarlette
Pronounced S K AA1 R L EH1 T T IY1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2016
- 85 years in use
How popular is Scarlette?
Scarlette is a girls' name, and first appears in 1940. It has been given to 5,606 children — the 1,968th most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 75% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2016, when 418 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S K AA1 R L EH1 T T IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Scarlette
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Scarlette
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Scarlette?
- Scarlette ranks 1,968th among girls' names in US records, with 5,606 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,102.
- Is Scarlette a unisex name?
- No. Scarlette is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Scarlette most popular?
- 2016, when 418 children were given the name. It has been in use for 85 years and is still recorded as of 2024.