How Many People Are Named Scarlett?
people named Scarlett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 111,739 babies named Scarlett in Social Security records from 1937 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
7,725 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet (a kind of cloth, ultimately derived from Persian سقرلاط (saghrilat)). Margaret Mitchell used this name for Scarlett O'Hara, the main character in her novel 'Gone with the Wind' (1936). Scarlett's name came from her grandmother's maiden name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Scarlett in English. Counting Scarlett and these spellings together, about 127,798 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Scarlett in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Scarlett alive today is about 10 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Scarlett first appears in the records in 1937 and was given most often in 2016, to 7,725 babies. In 2025, 5,650 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1937 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Scarlett never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #14, in 2022, and it was in the top 100 for 15 years, 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #32.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #32 |
| Best rank | #14 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | 15 (2011 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #30 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Scarlett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Scarlett were born in California than in any other state: about 15,559 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Scarlett was given 1.9 times as often in Alaska, 1.8 times in Vermont and 1.7 times in Wyoming.
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