girls:
100.1k births since 1937
#367 (94th percentile)
boys:
40 births since 2009
#4546 (1st percentile)
overall:
100.1k births since 1937
#683 (91st percentile)
The name Scarlett is the #683 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 100,095 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 91.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #367 (93.6% percentile) for all time with 100,055 births since 1937. For boys, it ranks #4,546 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 40 births since 2009.
Scarlett first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (1937 for girls and 2009 for boys).
The name Scarlett has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Scarlett reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 98.6% percentile (ranked #14) with 4,043 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 4,085 births per million (ranked 98.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Scarlett ranks #17 for girls (98.3% percentile) with 3,595 births per million, which is 88.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Scarlett reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #899) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Scarlett is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Scarlett".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Scarlett. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.8% confident that Scarlett is pronounced as SKAHR-leht, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SKAHR-liht, at 31.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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