Fun Facts About the Name Scarlette
- More than 5 thousand babies named Scarlette: U.S. records list 5,803 babies given the name Scarlette from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Scarlette Mean?
Scarlette is a variant spelling of the English given name Scarlett, and its established meaning is "scarlet cloth." The name comes from the English surname Scarlett, which derives from the Old French word escarlate, the name of a costly, brightly dyed cloth and the color associated with it. As a surname it was most likely occupational, given to a maker or seller of scarlet cloth, or it may have been a nickname for someone who wore the color. Old French escarlate came from Medieval Latin scarlata, also a term for rich cloth.
The deeper origin of scarlata is disputed. One widely repeated explanation traces it through Arabic siqillāṭ and Byzantine Greek sigillaton (a rich robe) back to Latin sigillatus, meaning "decorated with small figures." Another connects the word to Persian saqerlāt. Because the cloth and its name moved along trade routes, the exact path from one language to the next is uncertain. The literal sense is the cloth and its color; later symbolic uses of scarlet, such as associations with passion or with shame, are not part of the name's origin.
Scarlette Name History & Origins
The word scarlet entered English in the thirteenth century from Old French, first naming the expensive woolen cloth and later the color. Surnames taken from a trade, a distinctive color, or a shop sign were common in medieval England, and Scarlett is recorded as an English surname.
Scarlett was also used as a female given name in the English-speaking world before the twentieth century, though it was not common. The name is now closely associated with Scarlett O'Hara, the central character in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and its 1939 film adaptation; this is a famous literary and cinematic use, not the name's origin or its earliest appearance.
Scarlette, with a final e, is an ornamental variant of Scarlett. Adding a silent final e is a familiar pattern in English feminine names, and the two spellings are pronounced alike. Scarlette shares the parent name's origin, meaning, and pronunciation, and differs only in its written form.
How Popular is the Name Scarlette?
Scarlette recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2016. Its best rank was #696 in 2016.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,180 | 197 | 0.0123% |
| 2024 | #1,128 | 214 | 0.0133% |
| 2023 | #1,050 | 240 | 0.0150% |
| 2022 | #961 | 280 | 0.0171% |
| 2021 | #929 | 286 | 0.0174% |
| 2020 | #845 | 324 | 0.0201% |
| 2019 | #881 | 306 | 0.0182% |
| 2018 | #826 | 329 | 0.0193% |
| 2017 | #802 | 342 | 0.0198% |
| 2016 | #696 | 418 | 0.0236% |
| 2015 | #779 | 363 | 0.0203% |
| 2014 | #940 | 288 | 0.0161% |
| 2013 | #881 | 294 | 0.0168% |
| 2012 | #948 | 269 | 0.0153% |
| 2011 | #1,003 | 252 | 0.0143% |
| 2010 | #1,176 | 208 | 0.0117% |
| 2009 | #1,864 | 114 | 0.0062% |
| 2008 | #1,923 | 110 | 0.0058% |
| 2007 | #1,892 | 110 | 0.0057% |
| 2006 | #2,456 | 76 | 0.0040% |
| 2005 | #3,201 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2004 | #3,613 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2003 | #5,566 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #4,873 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #4,091 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2000 | #7,509 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #5,614 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #6,018 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #4,790 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #9,427 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #6,557 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1994 | #5,656 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #5,389 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1992 | #7,425 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #5,892 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #5,495 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #6,192 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #5,030 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #5,140 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1985 | #7,429 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #8,933 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #7,159 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #8,997 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #8,880 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #8,788 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #7,415 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #8,984 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #8,502 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #5,493 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #4,484 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1971 | #7,206 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #3,408 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1969 | #4,982 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #2,776 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1967 | #7,627 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #3,372 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1965 | #2,907 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1964 | #3,660 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1963 | #3,985 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #3,272 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1961 | #2,734 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1960 | #5,103 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #4,967 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #5,308 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #4,845 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #3,869 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1955 | #4,675 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #3,920 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #5,198 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,363 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1948 | #5,159 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #5,992 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #4,880 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #4,466 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1944 | #5,138 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,003 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1942 | #2,785 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1941 | #2,648 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1940 | #3,465 | 8 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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