Is Scarlet a boy or girl name?
Scarlet is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 622 girls and 0 boys were named Scarlet, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 17,121 US babies named Scarlet were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #489
- Babies named Scarlet since 1939
- 17,121
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 870 babies
Boys and girls named Scarlet, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 216 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 348 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 609 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 536 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 493 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 704 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,616 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 8,195 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 3,398 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 622 | #489 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 663 | #464 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 724 | #432 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 698 | #448 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 691 | #448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 829 | #378 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 761 | #406 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 786 | #399 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 863 | #382 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 870 | #376 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 835 | #390 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 848 | #370 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 777 | #401 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 864 | #373 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 762 | #414 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 497 | #607 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 474 | #650 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 406 | #722 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 318 | #846 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 214 | #1,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 158 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 169 | #1,248 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 165 | #1,223 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 115 | #1,607 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,755 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,249 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 94 | #1,705 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 79 | #1,879 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 64 | #2,145 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 81 | #1,786 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,120 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 94 | #1,622 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 51 | #2,507 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 57 | #2,286 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 52 | #2,394 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 57 | #2,162 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 46 | #2,404 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 50 | #2,188 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 41 | #2,458 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 50 | #2,130 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,862 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 46 | #2,150 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 39 | #2,484 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 57 | #1,905 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 49 | #2,119 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 60 | #1,809 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,886 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 64 | #1,654 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,989 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 43 | #2,046 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 41 | #2,055 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,825 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 66 | #1,466 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 62 | #1,572 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,697 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 66 | #1,450 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,723 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 56 | #1,504 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,526 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 57 | #1,481 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,586 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 82 | #1,215 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 79 | #1,245 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,723 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,815 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,786 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,775 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,545 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 57 | #1,346 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,502 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 14 | #3,022 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,010 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 29 | #1,800 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 26 | #1,892 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 21 | #2,187 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,300 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,223 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 15 | #2,376 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 29 | #1,586 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 25 | #1,699 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 21 | #1,794 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,092 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,179 |
Highest rank
Scarlet has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #370 in 2013. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Scarlet
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.