How rare is the name Scarlett?

64,822 people in the United States have the first name Scarlett, about 1 in 4,659. It ranks #769 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SCARLETT

#769

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
64,822
About
1 in 4,659
This common or more
66.1%
Who bears it

Of the 64,822 people named Scarlett, 65.2% reported their origin as White, 24.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Scarlett peaked in 2016, when 7,725 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19372025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
7,725
In 2025*
5,650 ▼27%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 111,739 babies have been given the name since 1937. 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.

Scarlett by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #65. The largest share of babies named Scarlett, 77.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1930s#8,83120
1940s#1,916566
1950s#2,262560
1960s#1,818988
1970s#2,057923
1980s#1,9631,207
1990s#1,5722,257
2000s#7178,602
2010s#10058,309
2020s#6538,307
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–641.2%
Generation X 1965–801.3%
Millennials 1981–962.3%
Generation Z 1997–1217.6%
2013 and later77.2%

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 Scarlett is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Scarlett has been most common in Nevada (3.4×), Arizona (2.1×), and Alaska (2.1×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.29×).

108,677 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 Scarlett

#767 Hudson · 65,102#768 Jace · 64,943#770 Lynda · 64,728#771 Gene · 64,474

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Scarlett, most common first.

#1,928 Scarlet · 14,633#4,751 Scarlette · 3,827#15,006 Scarleth · 774

Also a last name

As a last name, Scarlett ranks #7,023 of 156,621, with 4,611 people. See Scarlett as a last name

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