Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Scarlet

Gender

Female

Origin

English
Red

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Scarlet

Pronunciation

s-car-let, sc(a)-rlet

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #375, 866 births); most recent 2025 (rank #509, 581 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025581
2024622
2023663
2022724
2021698
2020691
2019829
2018761
2017786
2016863

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #157, 349 births); most recent 2025 (rank #973, 36 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202536
202447
202346
202252
202157
202065
201985
2018102
2017143
2016178

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #4720, 4 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5410, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #715, 4 births); most recent 2022 (rank #881, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
20184
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #294, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #539, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20255
20245
2023–
2022–
20213
20203
2019–
20185
20174
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #253, 7 births); most recent 2020 (rank #397, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
20184
2017–
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #250, 14 births); most recent 2022 (rank #424, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
20228
20218
20207
201913
201810
201710
20168
20158
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence