How Many People Are Named Lark?
people named Lark are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 183,459 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,134 babies named Lark in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the type of songbird.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lark, 91.8% were girls and 8.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 94.3% of the babies were girls then and 88.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lark alive today is about 34 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lark first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1949, to 72 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lark has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,115, in 1949. In 2025 it ranked #4,415. Among boys, its best rank was #806, in 1885.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,415 | #11,443 |
| Best rank | #1,115 (1949) | #806 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,568 in the 1950s | #3,518 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lark alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lark were born in California than in any other state: about 142 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lark was given about 6.9 times as often in California.
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