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% male / 100% female · 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
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