# Lark (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lark/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,134 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 272 / 1,862 (87% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 63, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 5,854 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,648 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3,968 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,969 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,955 |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,824 |
| 2017 | 58 | 2,887 |
| 2018 | 54 | 3,032 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,913 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,805 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,982 |
| 2022 | 61 | 2,807 |
| 2023 | 45 | 3,504 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,546 |
| 2025 | 32 | 4,416 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 6 | 3,744 |
| 1966 | 8 | 3,132 |
| 1969 | 6 | 4,199 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,129 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,646 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,999 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,298 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,592 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,377 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,417 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,567 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,494 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,341 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,423 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,447 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Lark

- Lark Voorhies, American actress
- Liberty Ross, British model and actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.