Lark
Lark is given to both girls and boys: 32 girls and 6 boys were given it in 2025 (#4,415 among girls’ names and #11,443 among boys’, #6,790 among all names counting both); 2,134 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,850 Americans named Lark and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 9 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lark by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lark mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lark is “a female given name from English from the lark bird.”
Also “a male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lark?
#4,415 among girls’ names, 2025
Lark fell from #3,954 in 2015 to #4,415 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 21.3 to 19.9 per million.
72 babies in 1949, the peak
Lark peaked in 1949, when 72 babies were given it (66 girls, #1,115 among girls’ names). The 38 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 53% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,415 | 6 | #11,443 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,546 | 5 | #13,418 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,503 | 7 | #10,336 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,807 | 8 | #9,489 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,982 | 6 | #11,561 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,805 | 6 | #11,411 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,913 | 7 | #10,372 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,031 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,887 | 6 | #11,587 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,824 | 7 | #10,293 |
Every recorded year (94)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38 | #3,954 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,967 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,966 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,645 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,851 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 28 | #5,037 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,705 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,471 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,973 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 15 | #8,073 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,134 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,214 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,817 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,081 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,501 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,822 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,684 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,910 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,077 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,095 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,330 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,371 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,116 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,293 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,313 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,887 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,229 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,484 | 5 | #7,992 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,397 | 5 | #7,639 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,322 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,261 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,782 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,017 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,619 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,083 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,394 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,741 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,061 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,543 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,813 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 12 | #5,004 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,287 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 11 | #5,045 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,416 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,010 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,069 | 5 | #5,127 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,297 | 6 | #4,198 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,394 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,465 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,680 | 8 | #3,131 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,074 | 6 | #3,743 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,606 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,911 | 7 | #3,512 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,905 | 10 | #2,770 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,716 | 10 | #2,810 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,477 | 5 | #4,357 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,263 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,690 | 7 | #3,442 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,317 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,948 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,679 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,662 | 8 | #3,073 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,364 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,230 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 54 | #1,270 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 67 | #1,126 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 66 | #1,115 | 6 | #3,528 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 8 | #2,809 | |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,847 | 6 | #3,170 |
| 1943 | under 5 | 6 | #3,404 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 6 | #3,302 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 6 | #3,586 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 6 | #3,820 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 6 | #3,944 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 5 | #4,513 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 6 | #4,128 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 5 | #4,573 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 11 | #2,721 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 7 | #3,666 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 7 | #3,589 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 5 | #4,302 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 6 | #3,099 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 5 | #1,042 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 7 | #806 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lark a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,134 Americans recorded as Lark, 87% are girls and 13% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lark: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lark, and how old are they?
1,850 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 2,134 Americans ever recorded as Lark. The median Lark alive today is 29 years old; half are between 9 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 1,726 people named Lark (1,496 women and girls, 230 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,596 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 503 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 211 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 196 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 257 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 674 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lark born?
The states with the most babies named Lark are California, Texas and Illinois, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 169 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 36 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New York | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Washington | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Colorado | 5 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Wisconsin | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lark with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
More about Lark and names like it
- The most given names of the 1940sLark peaked in 1949.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lark since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Lark: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1949The year the most babies were named Lark.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lark alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.