Scarlet

Meaning: Scarlet, bright red
Origin: English — From the word scarlet

Meaning: One who dyed or sold scarlet cloth
Origin: English surname — Variant of Scarlett

Girl's name · #510 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Scarlet's best rank, #370, came in 2013; it has settled back to #510 today. Roughly 18,000 girls have been named Scarlet since 1939.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#260 in Ecuador (2025) · #539 in Scotland (2025) · #819 in Canada (2025) · #973 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,488 in Switzerland (2025) · #21,042 in Italy (2024) · #1,586 in Sweden (2023) · #905 in Ireland (2022) · #7,254 in France (2022) · #397 in N. Ireland (2020) · #708 in Poland (2018) · #1,810 in Austria (2018) and 2 more.

Famous Scarlets

Scarlet Page — British photographer (born 1971)
Scarlet Gruber — Venezuelan actress and dancer (born 1989)
Scarlet Ortiz — Venezuelan actress (born 1974)
Scarlet Gomez — Nigerian Actress
Scarlet Rivera — American violinist (born 1950)

In stories & tradition

Scarlet Witch — X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (video game)
Scarlet Scarab — Marvel Comics character

What Scarlets become

Among 41 notable people named Scarlet:

Entertainers appear 4.88× more often than among typical names — e.g. Scarlet Ortiz, Venezuelan actress (born 1974).

Spellings & nicknames

Scarlet is the less common spelling of Scarlett — about 9% of babies given the name are written this way; Scarlett itself ranked #32 in 2025.

Similar names: Scarleth · Kinley · Skyler · Kensley · Sawyer · Sloan

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