Feminine dossier · first seen 1939

Scarlet

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Scarlet
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2015

Peak rank proxy

870

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1939Peak 20152024

Peak year

2015

Decline from peak

28.5%

2024

622

All-time

17,121

Scarlet has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2015, when 870 girls were named Scarlet.

In 2024, only 622 girls were given the name.

Down 28.5% from its peak.

All told, about 17,121 Americans have been named Scarlet and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1939.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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