Scarlet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SKAR-let
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #914 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #509 for girls
Scarlet is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bright red”. In 2025 it ranked 914th for girls in the UK (41 babies) and 509th for girls in the US (581 babies).
What does Scarlet mean?
English: colour word, via Old French
“bright red”
Originally the name of a costly medieval cloth, the word came to mean the bright red colour it was often dyed.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Scarlet a girl's or a boy's name?
Scarlet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the UK and 581 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Scarlet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #914among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 6,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the UK were named Scarlet, making it the 914th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 595th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 366 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Scarlet since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Scarlet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 593 girls in the UK were given Scarlet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #100, up from #914 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 973rd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Scarlet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #914 |
| 2024 | 52 | #785 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 53 | #751 |
| 2021 | 60 | #688 |
| 2020 | 71 | #595 |
| 2019 | 87 | #521 |
| 2018 | 111 | #439 |
| 2017 | 147 | #347 |
| 2016 | 189 | #292 |
| 2015 | 262 | #227 |
| 2014 | 245 | #232 |
| 2013 | 300 | #197 |
| 2012 | 347 | #165 |
| 2011 | 315 | #184 |
| 2010 | 344 | #174 |
| 2009 | 366 | #167 |
| 2008 | 311 | #193 |
| 2007 | 294 | #206 |
| 2006 | 319 | #185 |
| 2005 | 275 | #197 |
| 2004 | 106 | #389 |
| 2003 | 139 | #313 |
| 2002 | 127 | #316 |
| 2001 | 106 | #351 |
| 2000 | 72 | #466 |
| 1999 | 59 | #541 |
| 1998 | 62 | #519 |
| 1997 | 65 | #496 |
| 1996 | 47 | #582 |
How popular is Scarlet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 581about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 581 girls in the US were named Scarlet, making it the 509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 446th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 870 girls. It first appears in the records in 1939.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Scarlet than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Scarlet in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,594 girls in the US were given Scarlet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #28, up from #509 for this spelling alone.
Scarlet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 581 | #509 |
| 2024 | 624 | #490 |
| 2023 | 664 | #463 |
| 2022 | 725 | #432 |
| 2021 | 698 | #449 |
| 2020 | 693 | #446 |
| 2019 | 829 | #378 |
| 2018 | 761 | #407 |
| 2017 | 786 | #398 |
| 2016 | 863 | #381 |
| 2015 | 870 | #376 |
| 2014 | 835 | #390 |
| 2013 | 848 | #370 |
| 2012 | 778 | #398 |
| 2011 | 864 | #372 |
| 2010 | 762 | #414 |
| 2009 | 497 | #607 |
| 2008 | 474 | #650 |
| 2007 | 406 | #720 |
| 2006 | 318 | #844 |
| 2005 | 214 | #1,105 |
| 2004 | 158 | #1,343 |
| 2003 | 169 | #1,241 |
| 2002 | 165 | #1,217 |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,599 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,740 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,861 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,122 |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,772 |
| 1994 | 65 | #2,097 |
| 1993 | 94 | #1,609 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,264 |
| 1990 | 52 | #2,369 |
| 1989 | 57 | #2,142 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,837 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,096 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,862 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,637 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,029 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,805 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,456 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,560 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,681 |
| 1969 | 66 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,708 |
| 1967 | 56 | #1,495 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,515 |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,578 |
| 1963 | 83 | #1,201 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,234 |
| 1961 | 71 | #1,318 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,694 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,532 |
| 1955 | 57 | #1,333 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,738 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,549 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,766 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,857 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,145 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,555 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,667 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
Names like Scarlet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Willow Harper Lily Mia Autumn Ellie Freya Ivy Honey Myla Zara Sydney
Other spellings of Scarlet
Scarlett Scarlette Scarleth Skarlett Skarlet Skarlette Skarleth
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Scarlet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/scarlet, updated 20 October 2026.