Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: EnglishScarlett is a feminine given name. It gained popularity due to the character Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel Gone with the Wind and the film adaptation. The name has been well used in recent years for girls in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Scarlett yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Not Gone With the Wind — we actually weren't thinking about the book at all. The colour. The boldness of it. A name that says something before she's even in the room.
— Nicole, Atlanta GA, 2018
My husband thought it was too dramatic. I pointed out our last name is Fairweather and asked what the threshold for drama actually was. We named her Scarlett.
— Dana, Nashville TN, 2020
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 7 | #3,743 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,273 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,729 |
| 1940 | 59 | #943 |
| 1941 | 77 | #829 |
| 1942 | 76 | #901 |
| 1943 | 68 | #964 |
| 1944 | 45 | #1,186 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,396 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,287 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,435 |
| 1948 | 65 | #1,110 |
| 1949 | 53 | #1,259 |
| 1950 | 57 | #1,232 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,522 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,640 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,498 |
| 1955 | 96 | #1,030 |
| 1956 | 75 | #1,209 |
| 1957 | 68 | #1,285 |
| 1958 | 59 | #1,392 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,566 |
| 1960 | 68 | #1,347 |
| 1961 | 114 | #1,021 |
| 1962 | 131 | #930 |
| 1963 | 115 | #996 |
| 1964 | 113 | #1,014 |
| 1965 | 103 | #1,031 |
| 1966 | 76 | #1,239 |
| 1967 | 78 | #1,208 |
| 1968 | 101 | #1,040 |
| 1969 | 89 | #1,188 |
| 1970 | 107 | #1,106 |
| 1971 | 92 | #1,227 |
| 1972 | 87 | #1,224 |
| 1973 | 74 | #1,359 |
| 1974 | 85 | #1,276 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,772 |
| 1976 | 96 | #1,189 |
| 1977 | 133 | #1,013 |
| 1978 | 87 | #1,364 |
| 1979 | 108 | #1,208 |
| 1980 | 122 | #1,121 |
| 1981 | 113 | #1,178 |
| 1982 | 87 | #1,413 |
| 1983 | 91 | #1,328 |
| 1984 | 124 | #1,117 |
| 1985 | 112 | #1,231 |
| 1986 | 137 | #1,091 |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,022 |
| 1988 | 132 | #1,162 |
| 1989 | 138 | #1,186 |
| 1990 | 167 | #1,065 |
| 1991 | 152 | #1,158 |
| 1992 | 204 | #948 |
| 1993 | 250 | #804 |
| 1994 | 235 | #850 |
| 1995 | 272 | #751 |
| 1996 | 248 | #819 |
| 1997 | 231 | #881 |
| 1998 | 254 | #839 |
| 1999 | 245 | #878 |
| 2000 | 227 | #942 |
| 2001 | 237 | #938 |
| 2002 | 290 | #806 |
| 2003 | 327 | #759 |
| 2004 | 538 | #528 |
| 2005 | 733 | #424 |
| 2006 | 1,116 | #297 |
| 2007 | 1,583 | #218 |
| 2008 | 1,621 | #211 |
| 2009 | 1,922 | #170 |
| 2010 | 2,717 | #115 |
| 2011 | 3,564 | #80 |
| 2012 | 4,045 | #61 |
| 2013 | 5,053 | #42 |
| 2014 | 6,010 | #30 |
| 2015 | 7,143 | #22 |
| 2016 | 7,716 | #18 |
| 2017 | 7,719 | #18 |
| 2018 | 7,223 | #20 |
| 2019 | 7,084 | #21 |
| 2020 | 6,518 | #21 |
| 2021 | 6,627 | #20 |
| 2022 | 7,256 | #14 |
| 2023 | 6,311 | #17 |
| 2024 | 5,894 | #27 |
