Name profile

Scarlet

Either a variant of Scarlett or else from the English word for the red colour.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈskɑɹ.lɪt/; British English /ˈskɑː.lɪt/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#509

Meaning and history

Either a variant of Scarlett or derived directly from the English word for the red color, both ultimately from the same source: a type of cloth.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 318 births, rank #844
2007: 406 births, rank #720
2008: 474 births, rank #650
2009: 497 births, rank #607
2010: 762 births, rank #414
20112011: 864 births, rank #372
2012: 778 births, rank #398
2013: 848 births, rank #370
2014: 835 births, rank #390
2015: 870 births, rank #376
20162016: 863 births, rank #381
2017: 786 births, rank #398
2018: 761 births, rank #407
2019: 829 births, rank #378
2020: 693 births, rank #446
20212021: 698 births, rank #449
2022: 725 births, rank #432
2023: 664 births, rank #463
2024: 624 births, rank #490
20252025: 581 births, rank #509

Scarlet moved from #490 to #510 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 870 births.