Feminine dossier · first seen 1945

Lark

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lark
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1950

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1945Peak 19502024

Peak year

1950

Decline from peak

34.3%

2024

All-time

1,830

Lark has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1950, when 67 girls were named Lark.

In 2024, only 44 girls were given the name.

Down 34.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,830 Americans have been named Lark and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1945.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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