How rare is the name Scarlette?

3,827 people in the United States have the first name Scarlette, about 1 in 78,921. It ranks #4,751 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SCARLETTE

#4,751

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,827
About
1 in 78,921
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,827 people named Scarlette, 54.2% reported their origin as White, 32.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Scarlette peaked in 2016, when 418 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19402025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
418
In 2025*
197 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,806 babies have been given the name since 1940. 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.

Scarlette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,644. The largest share of babies named Scarlette, 66.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#5,61482
1950s#7,60458
1960s#5,316142
1970s#9,66676
1980s#10,08899
1990s#10,174144
2000s#4,777592
2010s#1,6443,070
2020s#1,8841,543
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–642.7%
Generation X 1965–802.7%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–1223.8%
2013 and later66.9%

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 Scarlette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Scarlette has been most common in Arizona (4.4×), California (2.3×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in Tennessee (0.47×).

3,991 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 Scarlette

#4,749 Alyssia · 3,829#4,750 Loni · 3,828#4,752 Qian · 3,825#4,752 Zaniyah · 3,825

Spelled almost the same

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

#769 Scarlett · 64,822#1,928 Scarlet · 14,633#15,006 Scarleth · 774#52,133 Scharlotte · 109

Also a last name

As a last name, Scarlette ranks #120,164 of 156,621, with 152 people. See Scarlette as a last name

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