Scarlett
Scarlett 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.
Meaning & Origin of Scarlett
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Scarlett 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.
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The Story of Scarlett
Scarlett first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1937, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 7,719 Scarletts were born — ranking #18 that year. As of 2026, Scarlett ranks #24 for baby girls with 6,013 births, gradually falling (-10%). In total, more than 118K Scarletts have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Scarlett
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Scarlett Archer (born 1989 or 1990), British actress
- Scarlett Bordeaux (born 1991), American professional wrestler
- Scarlett Byrne (born 1990), English actress
- Scarlett Estevez (born 2007), American actress
- Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy (born 1951), Peruvian historian and university professor
- Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), American actress
- Scarlett Alice Johnson (born 1985), English actress
- Scarlett Keegan (born 1984), American model and actress
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Names that sound like Scarlett
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About the name Scarlett
Scarlett is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1937 and has accumulated 118K births in the dataset. Scarlett's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #14. Use the chart and map above to compare Scarlett's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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