NameTides

Scarlett

Scarlett was the #32 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,644 babies), and #93 in England & Wales and #56 in Canada.

Scarlett as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Scarlett as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
Scarlett as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#32 (5,644)#93 (496)#113 (39)#146 (13)#325 (12)#56 (411)#46 (135)#53 (115)
2024#27 (5,912)#79 (610)#124 (36)#84 (25)#320 (12)#43 (467)#51 (127)#51 (116)
2023#17 (6,318)#72 (634)#149 (29)#69 (30)#339 (11)#43 (451)#51 (131)#35 (132)
2022#14 (7,258)#57 (817)#74 (57)#73 (29)#186 (25)#37 (528)#34 (171)#27 (173)
2021#20 (6,631)#62 (858)#90 (48)#54 (42)#284 (15)#37 (586)#40 (178)#32 (163)
2020#21 (6,521)#50 (942)#76 (56)#53 (41)#229 (19)#24 (656)#34 (179)#30 (163)
2019#21 (7,086)#44 (1,101)#73 (62)#41 (48)#192 (26)#26 (698)#31 (188)#29 (192)
2018#20 (7,226)#35 (1,393)#101 (46)#55 (42)#211 (23)#26 (720)#30 (203)#26 (165)
2017#18 (7,721)#30 (1,687)#67 (66)#36 (55)#189 (27)#24 (738)#32 (203)#23 (191)
2016#18 (7,720)#18 (2,096)#53 (94)#30 (77)#273 (17)#28 (711)#22 (281)#22 (189)
2015#22 (7,143)#16 (2,285)#53 (89)#32 (74)#185 (30)#30 (694)#21 (277)#21 (196)
2014#30 (6,011)#17 (2,359)#66 (79)#30 (82)#224 (23)#41 (556)#19 (290)#16 (215)
2013#42 (5,054)#17 (2,643)#82 (61)#37 (63)#246 (21)#61 (427)#23 (238)#23 (169)
2012#61 (4,045)#21 (2,248)#99 (50)#55 (46)#295 (17)#72 (363)#23 (235)#18 (206)
2011#80 (3,564)#25 (1,987)#120 (39)#59 (41)#306 (16)#78 (337)#25 (224)#19 (166)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #18.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1937.

How common is it?

about 1 in 280 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 280common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 510common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 460common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 560common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 360common

Next year

On its recent trend, Scarlett is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 260 to 1 in 330.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Scarlett by state, 2025Alaska: #38AKMaine: #27MEWisconsin: #23WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #26NHWashington: #33WAIdaho: #85IDMontana: #62MTNorth Dakota: #26NDMinnesota: #30MNIllinois: #40ILMichigan: #38MINew York: #32NYMassachusetts: #57MAOregon: #24ORNevada: #27NVWyoming: #10WYSouth Dakota: #46SDIowa: #30IAIndiana: #34INOhio: #18OHPennsylvania: #23PANew Jersey: #39NJConnecticut: #32CTRhode Island: #19RICalifornia: #35CAUtah: #34UTColorado: #24CONebraska: #21NEMissouri: #24MOKentucky: #19KYWest Virginia: #17WVVirginia: #32VAMaryland: #25MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #20AZNew Mexico: #44NMKansas: #27KSArkansas: #30ARTennessee: #25TNNorth Carolina: #43NCSouth Carolina: #44SCDistrict of Columbia: #109DCOklahoma: #23OKLouisiana: #38LAMississippi: #70MSAlabama: #30ALGeorgia: #22GAHawaii: #114HITexas: #37TXFlorida: #35FL
Scarlett (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#28227
Quebec2025#32716

Scarlett (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ScarlettCanadaGirls#56411
ScarlettEngland & WalesGirls#93496
ScarlettIrelandGirls#32512
ScarlettNorthern IrelandGirls#14613
ScarlettNSWGirls#46135
ScarlettScotlandGirls#11339
ScarlettUSGirls#325,644
ScarlettUSBoys#10,6956
ScarlettVICGirls#53115