Scarlette
Scarlette is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Scarlette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Scarlette is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Scarlette
Scarlette first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1940, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 418 births, good for #693 nationwide. About 51% of every Scarlette on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Scarlette ranks #1,212 for baby girls with 194 births, falling sharply (-28%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Scarlette
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About the name Scarlette
Scarlette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1940 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Scarlette's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #693. Use the chart and map above to compare Scarlette'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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