Skarlet — #5241 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Skarlet

The Social Security Administration has registered 453 babies named Skarlet between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Skarlet currently holds the #5241 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Skarlet performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Skarlet shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Skarlet in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Skarlet in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 453 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.