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Scarlet

girl name
Origin
English
Syllables
2
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▲ Rising

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Meaning

from the color name/dye-trade surname

The story

Scarlet is the color at full saturation worn as a name, and the couple's arithmetic is one-sided: Scarlett, the double-t spelling the 1939 heroine made famous, runs about 111,700 with its own story here, and Scarlet, the dictionary spelling, about 17,700, every one a girl. The record keeps the chronology honest: barely a flicker before the 1930s, then about 220 in the 1940s, the first full decade after the film, and a long middle of a few hundred a decade before the modern rise, 2,600 in the 2000s, cresting at 8,200 in the 2010s, with 4,000 so far this decade. The single t reads as the color first and the heroine second, which is precisely its offer: the same fire on the certificate, one letter less borrowed, and the record charting both spellings on their own lines.

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How popular is Scarlet around the world?

In the United States, 3,985 babies were named Scarlet between 2020 and 2025.

Scarlet is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Canada, Scotland, South Australia, England and Wales, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Spain.

United States

1 in 5,500

In the United States, 3,985 babies were named Scarlet between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Scarlet peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Mexico City City

1 in 6,500

In Mexico City, there were 18 registrations of Scarlet in 2022.

2000peak 20112022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Canada

1 in 7,500

In Canada, 49 girls named Scarlet were born in 2024, the 586th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2018

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Scotland

1 in 9,200

In Scotland, 5 girls named Scarlet were registered in 2024, the 541st most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 20142024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

1 in 9,200 · 2017

In South Australia, 2 girls were registered as Scarlet in 2017.

1980peak 2013

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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England and Wales

1 in 16,000

In England and Wales, 36 girls named Scarlet were born in 2025, the 973rd most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 20092025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Chile

1 in 36,000

In Chile, 5 girls were registered as Scarlet in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1940peak 2000

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Brazil

1 in 91,000

At the 2022 census, 2,248 people in Brazil were named Scarlet, ranked 4,729th, with a median age of 25.
Among people named Scarlet living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1970speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 177 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Argentina

1 in 95,000

In Argentina, 7 newborns were given the name Scarlet in 2024.

2012peak 20212024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 360,000

In Spain, 124 residents are named Scarlet, ranked 6,554th among women, with a mean age of 23.7 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Austria

last on record 2018

Scarlet is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Ireland

last on record 2022

Scarlet is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 1991

Scarlet is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New Zealand

last on record 2017

Scarlet is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 20122025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2018

Scarlet is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Scarlet

Most people given the name Scarlet in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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