A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME

Scarlet

/ˈskɑːrlət/ · girl name · № 509 of 1,000
dramatic · chromatic · cinematic

Origin & Meaning

AI-Written
Derived from the Old French escarlate, which originally referred to a luxury wool textile before it became synonymous with the vivid red dye used to color it. The name entered American records in 1939, the same year Gone with the Wind arrived in theaters. It spent decades as a rare curio before catching a wave of color-name enthusiasm after the turn of the century.
Also answers toScar, Lettie, Scout

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1939–2025

SSA Data
1939 peak: 870 souls, A.D. 2015 2025
2025: 581 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
17 yrs
Most Scarlets were born around 2015 — learned to read on a touchscreen.
Peak Reign
2015
№376 that year
Generation
Gen Alpha, 56%
then Gen Z 30% · Millennial 5%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈18K ever born · now falling
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Scarlet grew up with

SSA Data
Cocomelon·Zoom kindergarten·Alexa as a household member

Generation Distribution — Living Scarlets

SSA Data
Boomer 4%Gen X 5%Millennial 5%Gen Z 30%Gen Alpha 56%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data
SSA: Scarlet peaked in 2015.
Estimated average age: 17.

What people think

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Public Opinion Ledger

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First Impressions

AI-Written
A bearer of this spelling is almost certainly young enough to be dealing with algebra homework. The name suggests someone whose parents liked the drama of the color but preferred to drop the second t on the birth certificate. It reads modern and sharp, though she spends a non-trivial amount of time correcting coffee cups.

Field Notes

AI-Written
Field Note 01
Over half of all living Americans with this exact spelling belong to Generation Alpha.
Field Note 02
The name logged its peak year in 2015 with 870 births, hovering just outside the top three hundred.
Field Note 03
While it first appeared in 1939, roughly eighty-six percent of all holders were born after 2005.

Notable Scarlets

AI-Written
Scarlet Riveraviolinist, b. 1950
Scarlet Ortizactress, b. 1974

Adjacent Names

Ephemera — If Scarlet were a…

AI-Written
City
Asheville
Color
Carmine
Object
Velvet theater curtain
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