Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Scarlet

#1,124 most common girls' name of all time · #1,997 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1939–2025

Rank among girls
#1,124
Rank overall
#1,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1939
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
17,709
Since 2016
7,224
Peak year
2015 #376
Best rank
#370 2013
📖The word “scarlet” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 870/yr
19401960198020002020

Scarlet first appears in 1939. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 581 — 581 #510
2024 624 — 624 #490
2023 664 — 664 #464
2022 725 — 725 #432
2021 698 — 698 #449
2020 693 — 693 #447
2019 829 — 829 #378
2018 761 — 761 #407
2017 786 — 786 #400
2016 863 — 863 #381
2015 870 — 870 #376
2014 835 — 835 #390
2013 848 — 848 #370
2012 778 — 778 #398
2011 864 — 864 #373
2010 762 — 762 #414
2009 497 — 497 #607
2008 474 — 474 #650
2007 406 — 406 #722
2006 318 — 318 #845
2005 214 — 214 #1,109
2004 158 — 158 #1,344
2003 169 — 169 #1,245
2002 165 — 165 #1,220
2001 115 — 115 #1,602
2000 100 — 100 #1,751
1999 67 — 67 #2,229
1998 94 — 94 #1,696
1997 79 — 79 #1,870
1996 64 — 64 #2,135
1995 81 — 81 #1,782
1994 65 — 65 #2,112
1993 94 — 94 #1,619
1992 51 — 51 #2,497
1991 57 — 57 #2,278
1990 52 — 52 #2,382
1989 57 — 57 #2,154
1988 46 — 46 #2,385
1987 50 — 50 #2,175
1986 41 — 41 #2,438
1985 50 — 50 #2,118
1984 58 — 58 #1,847
1983 46 — 46 #2,147
1982 39 — 39 #2,471
1981 57 — 57 #1,901
1980 49 — 49 #2,106
1979 60 — 60 #1,799
1978 53 — 53 #1,874
1977 64 — 64 #1,652
1976 45 — 45 #1,985
1975 43 — 43 #2,040
1974 41 — 41 #2,046
1973 47 — 47 #1,823
1972 66 — 66 #1,465
1971 62 — 62 #1,570
1970 55 — 55 #1,690
1969 66 — 66 #1,451
1968 47 — 47 #1,720
1967 56 — 56 #1,501
1966 54 — 54 #1,530
1965 57 — 57 #1,480
1964 52 — 52 #1,587
1963 83 — 83 #1,209
1962 79 — 79 #1,244
1961 71 — 71 #1,324
1960 44 — 44 #1,712
1959 38 — 38 #1,815
1958 38 — 38 #1,785
1957 38 — 38 #1,780
1956 48 — 48 #1,546
1955 57 — 57 #1,345
1954 35 — 35 #1,765
1953 19 — 19 #2,500
1952 14 — 14 #3,019
1951 25 — 25 #2,007
1950 36 — 36 #1,572
1949 29 — 29 #1,803
1948 26 — 26 #1,897
1947 21 — 21 #2,193
1946 18 — 18 #2,312
1945 16 — 16 #2,231
1944 15 — 15 #2,392
1943 29 — 29 #1,590
1942 25 — 25 #1,705
1941 21 — 21 #1,809
1940 16 — 16 #2,108
1939 6 — 6 #4,239