Scarlette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SKAR-let
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,173 for girls
Scarlette is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “scarlet red”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,173rd for girls in the US (197 babies).
What does Scarlette mean?
English: spelling of Scarlett, an English surname
“scarlet red”
A spelling of Scarlett, the heroine of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Scarlette a girl's or a boy's name?
Scarlette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 197 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Scarlette in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Scarlette, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 41 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Scarlette than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Scarlette in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 593 girls in the UK were given Scarlette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #100, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Scarlette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 41 | #971 |
| 2013 | 34 | #1,117 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Scarlette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,173among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 197about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 197 girls in the US were named Scarlette, making it the 1,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 840th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 418 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Scarlette than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Scarlette in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,594 girls in the US were given Scarlette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #28, up from #1,173 for this spelling alone.
Scarlette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | #1,173 |
| 2024 | 214 | #1,128 |
| 2023 | 240 | #1,047 |
| 2022 | 281 | #955 |
| 2021 | 286 | #928 |
| 2020 | 325 | #840 |
| 2019 | 306 | #878 |
| 2018 | 329 | #825 |
| 2017 | 342 | #799 |
| 2016 | 418 | #694 |
| 2015 | 364 | #776 |
| 2014 | 288 | #939 |
| 2013 | 294 | #877 |
| 2012 | 269 | #946 |
| 2011 | 252 | #999 |
| 2010 | 208 | #1,165 |
| 2009 | 114 | #1,860 |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,913 |
| 2007 | 110 | #1,886 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,672 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
Nicknames for Scarlette
- Lettie 49 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Scarlette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper Willow Freya Sylvie Ivy Lily Poppy Phoebe Esme Myla Lyra Isla
Other spellings of Scarlette
Scarlett Scarlet Scarleth Skarlett Skarlet Skarlette Skarleth
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Daisy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River Ellie
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, “Scarlette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/scarlette, updated 20 October 2026.