Skarlett
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SKAR-let
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
Skarlett is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “scarlet red”. In 2025 it ranked 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Skarlett mean?
English: spelling of Scarlett
“scarlet red”
Scarlett O'Hara, heroine of Gone with the Wind (1936), made the surname famous as a girl's name.
Is Skarlett a girl's or a boy's name?
Skarlett is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Skarlett in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Skarlett in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Skarlett in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Skarlett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,778th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Skarlett, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Skarlett in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,594 girls in the US were given Skarlett or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #28, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
Skarlett in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,277 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,816 |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2015 | 80 | #2,318 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
Names like Skarlett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Scarlett, Harper, Willow, Poppy, Isla, Lily, Freya, Evie, Lyra, Ellie, Ivy, Maisie
Other spellings of Skarlett
Scarlett, Scarlet, Scarlette, Scarleth, Skarlet, Skarlette, Skarleth
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Frankie
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, “Skarlett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/skarlett, updated 20 October 2026.