Scarlett

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Scarlett: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Scarlett: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #16 in 2015, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
116times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#16highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for
28names it appears alongside

What stands out in Scarlett's record

England and Wales registered 2,643 births with the name in 2013, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 21 years. Names by sustained share
Appears alongside 28 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#216
1997	#204
1998	#183
1999	#187
2000	#182
2001	#156
2002	#128
2003	#126
2004	#68
2005	#46
2006	#44
2007	#40
2008	#37
2009	#25
2010	#24
2011	#25
2012	#21
2013	#17
2014	#17
2015	#16
2016	#18
2017	#30
2018	#35
2019	#44
2020	#50
2021	#62
2022	#57
2023	#72
2024	#79

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #46 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #216 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #16 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #46 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Scarlett appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 34,261 births with the name.

Scarlett across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Scarlett's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#216 (1996)	#16 (2015)	#79 (2024)	29 of 29	34,261 (1996–2024)	2,643 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#348 (2000)	#30 (2014)	#84 (2024)	23 of 25	842 (2000–2024)	82 (2014)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#93 (2004)	#19 (2014)	#46 (2025)	22 of 22	3,977 (2004–2025)	290 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#476 (2004)	#185 (2015)	#325 (2025)	22 of 22	360 (2004–2025)	30 (2015)
New Zealand · Girls	#98 (2005)	#23 (2015)	#65 (2023)	19 of 19	1,526 (2005–2023)	127 (2015)

Scarlett by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Scarlett in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	869	4 of 10	217
2000s	9,599	10 of 10	960
2010sbusiest	19,932	10 of 10	1,993
2020s	3,861	5 of 10	772

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 1,993 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 487, from 774 to 1,261.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Scarlett appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #16 in England and Wales in 2015.

Scarlett's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#79	610	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#72	634	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#57	817	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#62	858	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#50	942	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#44	1,101	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#35	1,393	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#30	1,687	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#18	2,096	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#16	2,285	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#17	2,359	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#17	2,643	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#21	2,248	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#25	1,987	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#24	2,133	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#25	2,045	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#37	1,574	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#40	1,369	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#44	1,283	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#46	1,261	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#68	774	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#126	403	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#128	367	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#156	285	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#182	238	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#187	235	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#183	233	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#204	206	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#216	195	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	178	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	179	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#31	188	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	203	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#32	203	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#22	281	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#21	277	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#19	290	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	238	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	235	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#25	224	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	210	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	145	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#65	59	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#60	67	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#56	68	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#26	100	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#29	102	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#35	85	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#27	114	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#29	107	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#23	127	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#32	87	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#29	97	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#28	102	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#50	76	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#43	82	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#72	53	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#73	57	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#78	54	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#85	49	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#98	40	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#84	25	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#69	30	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#73	29	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#54	42	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#53	41	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#41	48	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#55	42	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#36	55	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#30	77	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#32	74	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#30	82	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#37	63	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#55	46	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#59	41	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#61	40	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#60	39	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#138	16	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#169	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#145	14	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#148	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#212	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#339	11	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	25	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	26	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	23	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	27	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	30	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	23	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	21	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	15	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#124	36	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #16, first reached in 2015.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 22 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,643 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Scarlet · #155, 29y
Scarlet-Rose · #1649, 19y
Scarlett-Grace · #2659, 10y
Scarlett-Louise · #2705, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brodie · #16, 32y
Jayden · #14, 35y
Madison · #14, 33y
Maisie · #14, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brodie · #16, 32y
Finley · #16, 30y
Shania · #16, 30y
Birk · #18, 35y

Comparisons involving Scarlett

Existing comparison pages where Scarlett and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Scarlett in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Amelia vs Scarlett
Amelia and Scarlett both rose over the same years in 3 registrars — England and Wales · Girls; New South Wales, Australia · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Amelia · Scarlett · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Ava vs Scarlett
Ava and Scarlett both rose over the same years in 3 registrars — England and Wales · Girls; New South Wales, Australia · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Ava · Scarlett · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Aria vs Scarlett
Aria and Scarlett averaged 16.8 places apart in New Zealand · Girls, and 942 places apart in England and Wales · Girls.
Aria · Scarlett · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Close in one country, far apart in another

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Scarlett within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Scarlett vs Zara
Across 22 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Scarlett and Zara averaged 7.2 places apart, ending at #46 and #47.
Scarlett · Zara · 22 shared years, 2004–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Scarlett vs Layla
Across 22 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Scarlett and Layla averaged 7.5 places apart, ending at #46 and #35.
Scarlett · Layla · 22 shared years, 2004–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Scarlett vs Abigail
Across 22 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Scarlett and Abigail averaged 9.2 places apart, ending at #46 and #55.
Scarlett · Abigail · 22 shared years, 2004–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Scarlett and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Freya vs Scarlett
In New Zealand · Girls, Freya moved into the top 50 at #22 in 2021 as Scarlett fell out of it to #56, having been #26 the year before.
Freya · Scarlett · 10 shared years, 2014–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2021 New Zealand ranking
Evelyn vs Scarlett
In New Zealand · Girls, Evelyn moved into the top 50 at #26 in 2021 as Scarlett fell out of it to #56, having been #26 the year before.
Evelyn · Scarlett · 13 shared years, 2011–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2021 New Zealand ranking
Florence vs Scarlett
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Florence moved into the top 50 at #27 in 2023 as Scarlett fell out of it to #51, having been #34 the year before.
Florence · Scarlett · 10 shared years, 2016–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2023 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Scarlett was ranked #16 in England and Wales · Girls in 2015. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Scarlett and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Scarlett without appearing here.

Scarlett moved ahead of

Linda Compare
In 2010 they stood at #475 and #377 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #306 and #695.
Suzanne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #373 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #403 and #750.
Pamela Compare
In 2004 they stood at #476 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #424 and #689.
Pauline Compare
In 2007 they stood at #476 and #414 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #403 and #665.

Moved ahead of Scarlett

Matilda Compare
In 2005 they stood at #424 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #464 and #260.
Poppy Compare
In 2004 they stood at #476 and #511 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #424 and #256.
Maddison Compare
In 2022 they stood at #186 and #237 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #339 and #183.
Alma Compare
In 2023 they stood at #339 and #625 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #320 and #213.

Moved the opposite way to Scarlett

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Scarlett went from #216 to #79 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Scarlett went from #216 to #79 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Scarlett went from #216 to #79 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Scarlett went from #216 to #79 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Scarlett

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Scarlett went from #216 to #79 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Scarlett went from #216 to #79 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Scarlett went from #216 to #79 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Scarlett went from #216 to #79 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #16 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Scarlett

Scarlett at a glance

What stands out in Scarlett's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Scarlett across 5 official records

Scarlett by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Scarlett appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Scarlett

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Scarlett

Scarlett and the names beside it

Scarlett moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Scarlett

Moved the opposite way to Scarlett

Moved the same way as Scarlett

Scarlett at a glance

What stands out in Scarlett's record

Scarlett across 5 official records

Scarlett by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Scarlett appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Scarlett

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Scarlett

Scarlett and the names beside it

Scarlett moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Scarlett

Moved the opposite way to Scarlett

Moved the same way as Scarlett