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
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 29 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,420since 1880
Blanch over time
Rank among girls' names. Blanch has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
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| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,261 | 40 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,169 | 48 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,006 | 60 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,010 | 50 | — | |
| 1939 | #939 | 56 | — | |
| 1938 | #905 | 61 | — | |
| 1937 | #819 | 70 | — | |
| 1936 | #968 | 50 | — | |
| 1935 | #792 | 73 | — | |
| 1934 | #966 | 51 | — | |
| 1933 | #826 | 65 | — | |
| 1932 | #694 | 95 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #682 | 96 | — | |
| 1930 | #706 | 96 | — | |
| 1929 | #721 | 95 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #628 | 125 | — | |
| 1927 | #594 | 142 | — | |
| 1926 | #599 | 140 | — | |
| 1925 | #565 | 160 | — | |
| 1924 | #537 | 181 | — | |
| 1923 | #629 | 137 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #584 | 151 | — | |
| 1921 | #560 | 163 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #562 | 164 | — | |
| 1919 | #534 | 164 | — | |
| 1918 | #572 | 155 | — | |
| 1917 | #516 | 167 | — | |
| 1916 | #499 | 168 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #465 | 175 | — | |
| 1914 | #478 | 132 | — | |
| 1913 | #443 | 124 | — | |
| 1912 | #492 | 94 | — | |
| 1911 | #398 | 103 | — | |
| 1910 | #375 | 108 | — | |
| 1909 | #410 | 79 | — | |
| 1908 | #440 | 67 | — | |
| 1907 | #343 | 103 | — | |
| 1906 | #415 | 67 | — | |
| 1905 | #348 | 94 | — | |
| 1904 | #343 | 90 | — | |
| 1903 | #376 | 72 | — | |
| 1902 | #314 | 101 | — | |
| 1901 | #370 | 66 | — | |
| 1900 | #310 | 113 | — | |
| 1899 | #329 | 83 | — | |
| 1898 | #367 | 73 | — | |
| 1897 | #354 | 68 | — | |
| 1896 | #349 | 69 | — | |
| 1895 | #336 | 72 | — | |
| 1894 | #328 | 72 | — | |
| 1893 | #286 | 88 | — | |
| 1892 | #276 | 93 | — | |
| 1891 | #332 | 58 | — | |
| 1890 | #322 | 62 | — | |
| 1889 | #341 | 53 | — | |
| 1888 | #303 | 62 | — | |
| 1887 | #307 | 49 | — | |
| 1886 | #263 | 63 | — | |
| 1885 | #246 | 67 | — | |
| 1884 | #293 | 43 | — | |
| 1883 | #336 | 28 | — | |
| 1882 | #341 | 27 | — | |
| 1881 | #301 | 27 | — | |
| 1880 | #288 | 29 | — | |
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.
See more about Blanch
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1935 (#966 → #792)
- Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1936 (#792 → #968)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #246 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
- 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%)
- 22.7% of all girls named Blanch (1,458) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 448 | #246 (1885) | #302 |
| 1890s | 738 | #276 (1892) | #328 |
| 1900s | 852 | #310 (1900) | #367 |
| 1910s | 1,390 | #375 (1910) | #477 |
| 1920s | 1,458 | #537 (1924) | #598 |
| 1930s | 713 | #682 (1931) | #830 |
| 1940s | 414 | #1,006 (1942) | #1,334 |
| 1950s | 271 | #1,550 (1950) | #2,094 |
| 1960s | 108 | #2,904 (1960) | #4,440 |
| 1970s | 17 | #6,362 (1970) | #8,140 |
| 1980s | 11 | #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 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 19,582 of them was named Blanch, which outranked 81.0% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).