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Lark

#4,415 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Lark has been given to 2,134 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #4,415 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1950, with 67 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Lark, 2025

1 in 104,000

Lark over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lark over time

In 2025, Lark went to 84% girls and 16% boys.

18852025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lark: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer and English

What Lark means

Lark is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Lark is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer and English.

Lark is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,862 girls were recorded with the name Lark between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 67 in 1950; its best national rank was #1,115 in 1949.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,805 in 2020 to #4,415 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,954 in 2015 to #4,415 in 2025.

In the United States, 272 boys were recorded with the name Lark between 1885 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1922; its best national rank was #806 in 1885.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,411 in 2020 to #11,443 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lark?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 104,000
32 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 50,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,415
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
71,810 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lark sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 71,810 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lark. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Larks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lark was born before 1993 — so the typical Lark is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
23.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
44.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,789
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1950s — 23.1% of all recorded uses (430).

Is Lark rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−869
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,610
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−461
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.84×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
47.8%
Peak was 1950 (67)
Years since peak
75
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,115
1949

Spellings of Lark

Lark is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 60.4% against Lark's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lark is used

Across 1910–2025, Lark was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 229,158 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —
  6. 6Washington1 in —
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lark has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lark around the world

Where Lark ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2017–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1985–1985
    #671
    in 1985

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lark by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,415
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,610
Best rank ever
#1,115
1949
Peak year
1950
67 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,862
Count in 2025
32

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,443
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 32
Best rank ever
#806
1885
Peak year
1922
11 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
272
Count in 2025
6

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