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Girl · English
Scarlett
Say it: SKAR-lit
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for a dyer or seller of scarlet, a fine cloth.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Made famous by Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, it became one of the most popular American girls' names in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 79,795 babies given this name since 1937
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 223 girls
- 6,460 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Scarlet
Famous bearers
- Scarlett O'Hara, heroine of Gone with the Wind
- Scarlett Johansson, American actress
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.