first name
SCARLET
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,633 people named Scarlet, 57.4% reported their origin as White, 31.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Scarlet peaked in 2015, when 870 babies got the name.
At least 17,709 babies have been given the name since 1939. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Scarlet by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #767. The largest share of babies named Scarlet, 55.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Scarlet is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Scarlet has been most common in Nevada (3.8×), Utah (2.4×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.22×).
14,651 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Scarlet
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Scarlet, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Scarlet ranks #85,336 of 156,621, with 236 people. See Scarlet as a last name
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