Scarlet
Top 1000
About Scarlet
The Scarlet spelling makes it less a name, less Gone With The Wind and Scarlett Johansson, and more the bright red color that inspired it in the first place.
About 650 baby girls were named Scarlet last year, with nearly ten times as many named Scarlett.
Pronounced SKAR-lit.
As of October 2026, Scarlet ranked #510 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #370 in 2013.
Editor's take: The name Scarlet is a girl's name.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #390 | 835 | 467.4 |
| 2015 | #376 | 870 | 487.4 |
| 2016 | #382 | 863 | 487 |
| 2017 | #399 | 786 | 455.3 |
| 2018 | #406 | 761 | 447.4 |
| 2019 | #378 | 829 | 493.9 |
| 2020 | #448 | 691 | 427.5 |
| 2021 | #448 | 698 | 425.4 |
| 2022 | #432 | 724 | 441.4 |
| 2023 | #464 | 663 | 413.2 |
| 2024 | #489 | 622 | 383.9 |
| 2025 | #510 | 581 | 361.5 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Scarlet.
- Harmony
- Elijah
- Deona
- India
- Roxy
- Ivory
- Khali
- Angel
- Sky
- Ash
- Dawn
- Kiki
- Ebony
- Serenity
- Jewel
- Chanel
- Cruise
- Mailani
- Agustina
- Genesis
Scarlet on lists
Famous Scarlets
- Angelica Scarlet Johnson (b. 2009)
daughter of actor Kenny Johnson
- Scarlet Gruber
Venezuelan actress and model
- Scarlet Lilith Eleida Page (b. 1971)
daughter of guitarist Jimmy Page
- Scarlet Rose Stallone (b. 2002)
daughter of actor Sylvester Stallone
- Scarlet Chisholm Starr (b. 2009)
daughter of singer Melanie Chisholm and Thomas Starr
- Scarlet Haven Eisner (b. 2011)
daughter of designer Stacey Bendet and Eric Eisner
- Scarlet Snow Belo (b. 2016)
daughter of Filipina surgeon and TV personality Vicki Belo
- Scarlet Heleena Sawa (b. 2016)
daughter of Canadian actor Devon Sawa
- Emma Scarlet Faldo (b. 2003)
daughter of golfer Nick Faldo
Scarlet in pop culture
- Miss Scarlet
character in board game "Clue"
- Scarlet Benoit
character in the Lunar Chronicles
- Scarlet
character in web series "RWBY"
- Scarlet Witch aka Wanda Maximoff
character in Marvel Comics
- Scarlet Overkill
villain in animated film "Minions"
- Scarlet
character in Mari Mancusi's "Scorched"
- Erza Scarlet
character in the manga and anime, 'Fairy Tail'
- "Scarlet Begonias
" song by the Grateful Dead
- Scarlet
a character in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
- Scarlet Duchamp
character in the novel "The Scarlet Affair" in the Blackwood Security series by Elise Noble