Blanch

Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275 · Last seen for boys in 1932 at #3,092
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1885 · 67 births
Debut · girls
29 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,420
since 1880

Blanch over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Blanch has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #246, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1983#10,2755
1982
1981#9,1106
1980
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1976#9,2845
1975
1974#8,7755
1973
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1971
1970#6,3627
1969#5,9747
1968#6,2466
1967#5,4577
1966#4,19810
1965#4,20210
1964#5,0088
1963#3,80112
1962#3,29315
1961#3,31815
1960#2,90418
1959#2,45822
1958#2,97216
1957#2,27624
1956#2,38922
1955#1,77435
1954#1,90930
1953#2,01726
1952#1,89228
1951#1,70132
1950#1,55036
1949#1,80728
1948#1,77828
1947#1,41343
1946#1,36041
1945#1,26140
1944#1,40133
1943#1,16948
1942#1,00660
1941#1,13343
1940#1,01050
1939#93956
1938#90561
1937#81970
1936#96850
1935#79273
1934#96651
1933#82665
1932#69495#3,0927
1931#68296
1930#70696
1929#72195#3,9595
1928#628125
1927#594142
1926#599140
1925#565160
1924#537181
1923#629137#4,2395
1922#584151
1921#560163#3,2148
1920#562164
1919#534164
1918#572155
1917#516167
1916#499168#3,8975
1915#465175
1914#478132
1913#443124
1912#49294
1911#398103
1910#375108
1909#41079
1908#44067
1907#343103
1906#41567
1905#34894
1904#34390
1903#37672
1902#314101
1901#37066
1900#310113
1899#32983
1898#36773
1897#35468
1896#34969
1895#33672
1894#32872
1893#28688
1892#27693
1891#33258
1890#32262
1889#34153
1888#30362
1887#30749
1886#26363
1885#24667
1884#29343
1883#33628
1882#34127
1881#30127
1880#28829
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Blanch was already there! It came in at #288, and was given to 29 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1980, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Blanch is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #540 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,852 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #502 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,291 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #389 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,158 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedLAMississippi: #408 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,558 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Blanch, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#389 · 1 in 4,158
  2. Mississippi#408 · 1 in 3,558
  3. North Carolina#502 · 1 in 7,291
  4. Pennsylvania#540 · 1 in 11,852

Best ever in a state: #157 in Virginia, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#38951 in 4,158
Mississippi#40861 in 3,558
North Carolina#50251 in 7,291
Pennsylvania#54061 in 11,852
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Blanch
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
  • Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1935 (#966#792)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1936 (#792#968)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #246 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 59 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,986
  • Highest: 1 in 1,986 girls born in 1885 were named Blanch (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 334,122 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.7% of all girls named Blanch (1,458) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s448#246 (1885)#302
1890s738#276 (1892)#328
1900s852#310 (1900)#367
1910s1,390#375 (1910)#477
1920s1,458#537 (1924)#598
1930s713#682 (1931)#830
1940s414#1,006 (1942)#1,334
1950s271#1,550 (1950)#2,094
1960s108#2,904 (1960)#4,440
1970s17#6,362 (1970)#8,140
1980s11#9,110 (1981)#9,693

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Blanch in 1934

girls
#966
51 births · 1 in 20,475 girls

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #966Blanch51
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 20,475 of them was named Blanch, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanch
  1. #955Louann52
  2. #955Luvenia52
  3. #955Mozell52
  4. #966Blanch51
  5. #966Altha51
  6. #966Debra51
  7. #966Dorthey51
  8. #973Adelina50
  9. #973Alison50
  10. #973Belle50

Tied with 6 names at #966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934