Lark*
#4,293 most common girls' name of all time · #7,311 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1885–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#4,293
Rank overall
#7,311 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
2,134
Since 2016
564
Peak year
1949 #1,111
Best rank
#1,111 1949
Girls
Boys
peak 72/yr
Lark first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 6 | 38 | #4,359 |
| 2024 | 44 | 5 | 49 | #3,524 |
| 2023 | 45 | 7 | 52 | #3,479 |
| 2022 | 61 | 8 | 69 | #2,794 |
| 2021 | 56 | 6 | 62 | #2,961 |
| 2020 | 59 | 6 | 65 | #2,782 |
| 2019 | 57 | 7 | 64 | #2,895 |
| 2018 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,008 |
| 2017 | 58 | 6 | 64 | #2,878 |
| 2016 | 40 | 7 | 47 | #3,785 |
| 2015 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,917 |
| 2014 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,928 |
| 2013 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,922 |
| 2012 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,561 |
| 2011 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,737 |
| 2010 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,981 |
| 2009 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,558 |
| 2008 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,362 |
| 2007 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,824 |
| 2006 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,885 |
| 2005 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,913 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,223 |
| 2003 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,524 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,836 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,218 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,603 |
| 1999 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,503 |
| 1998 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,740 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,770 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,617 |
| 1995 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,240 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,133 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,979 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,093 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,025 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,535 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,989 |
| 1988 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #6,309 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #8,029 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,205 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,063 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,203 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,866 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,549 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,023 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,269 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,640 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,967 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,455 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,629 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,876 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,950 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,907 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,324 |
| 1971 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,969 |
| 1970 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #3,046 |
| 1969 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #4,224 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,195 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,334 |
| 1966 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #4,537 |
| 1965 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #3,990 |
| 1964 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #3,539 |
| 1963 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1962 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #3,811 |
| 1961 | 21 | 10 | 31 | #2,683 |
| 1960 | 24 | 5 | 29 | #2,444 |
| 1959 | 26 | 11 | 37 | #2,249 |
| 1958 | 41 | 7 | 48 | #1,690 |
| 1957 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,296 |
| 1956 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,941 |
| 1955 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,672 |
| 1954 | 38 | 8 | 46 | #1,654 |
| 1953 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,363 |
| 1952 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,229 |
| 1951 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,271 |
| 1950 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,124 |
| 1949 | 66 | 6 | 72 | #1,111 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,718 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | — |