Lark
About Lark
Lark is getting some new and well-deserved attention as a post-Robin and Raven bird name. Although it was first recorded as a name in the 1830's, it has never appeared on the Social Security list.
'The Lark' was used as a nickname for Cosette in Les Miserables; Lark Voorhees was a star of Saved by the Bell, and Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany used Lark as the middle name of their daughter Agnes.
The expression "happy as a lark" gives this songbird name a cheery image, as well as a 'lark' being a synonym for a merry time..
Larkin is a pretty extension, as is Skylark, which is rich in cultural associations: there's the Percy Bysshe Shelley ode To a Skylark and the jazz classic Skylark written by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael..
As of October 2026, Lark ranked #4416 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1116 in 1949, Nameberry popularity #792.
Editor's take: The name Lark is a girl's name of English origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,968 | 38 | 21.3 |
| 2015 | #3,955 | 38 | 21.3 |
| 2016 | #3,823 | 40 | 22.6 |
| 2017 | #2,887 | 58 | 33.6 |
| 2018 | #3,032 | 54 | 31.7 |
| 2019 | #2,909 | 57 | 34 |
| 2020 | #2,802 | 59 | 36.5 |
| 2021 | #2,979 | 56 | 34.1 |
| 2022 | #2,806 | 61 | 37.2 |
| 2023 | #3,501 | 45 | 28 |
| 2024 | #3,534 | 44 | 27.2 |
| 2025 | #4,416 | 32 | 19.9 |
World rankings
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Lark on lists
Famous Larks
- Lark Voorhies
American actress
- Lark Brynner
daughter of actor Yul Brynner
- Lark Grey Dimond
Cates, stepdaughter of children's author Dr. Seuss
- Lark DiMucci
daughter of singer Dion DiMucci
- Lark Song Previn
adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and composer Andre Previn
- Agnes Lark Bettany
daughter of actors Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany
- Liberty Lettice Lark Ross
English model and actress
Lark in pop culture
- Lark Short
baby on TV's "Life in Pieces"
- Lark
character in Kresley Cole's "The Arcana Chronicles"
- Lark
dedicate of Winding Circle temple in the "Circle of Magic" series by Tamora Pierce
- Sophie "Lark" Mar
character in Ilona Andrews's Edge series and Sweep in Peace
- Princess Lark
character in "The Fairy's Return" by Gail Carson Levine
- Lady Lark aka Linda Lewis aka Skylark
character in Marvel's Squadron Supreme comics
- Lark
nickname for Cosette in "Les Miserables"
- "The Lark Ascending
" a composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams; based on George Meredith's poem of the same name (about the skylark)
- Lark
,something done for fun, especially something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade
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