# Scarlet (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/scarlet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,709 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 17,709 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,860, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 864 | 373 |
| 2012 | 778 | 399 |
| 2013 | 848 | 370 |
| 2014 | 835 | 390 |
| 2015 | 870 | 376 |
| 2016 | 863 | 382 |
| 2017 | 786 | 400 |
| 2018 | 761 | 407 |
| 2019 | 829 | 378 |
| 2020 | 693 | 447 |
| 2021 | 698 | 449 |
| 2022 | 725 | 432 |
| 2023 | 664 | 464 |
| 2024 | 624 | 490 |
| 2025 | 581 | 510 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 304 | 171 |
| 2012 | 337 | 158 |
| 2013 | 289 | 180 |
| 2014 | 231 | 223 |
| 2015 | 245 | 214 |
| 2016 | 178 | 280 |
| 2017 | 143 | 333 |
| 2018 | 102 | 427 |
| 2019 | 85 | 485 |
| 2020 | 65 | 597 |
| 2021 | 57 | 674 |
| 2022 | 52 | 706 |
| 2023 | 46 | 774 |
| 2024 | 47 | 795 |
| 2025 | 36 | 973 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.