Blanche

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · Last seen for boys in 1946 at #3,525
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 787 births
Debut · girls
427 births
In top 100 · girls
40 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
87,425
since 1880

Blanche over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #51, 1886girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,83816
2024#11,1228
2023#9,61610
2022#13,5926
2021#11,1468
2020#8,95311
2019
2018#15,6825
2017#11,6158
2016#10,8599
2015
2014#14,5586
2013#10,23510
2012#11,2579
2011#13,3477
2010#14,9596
2009#17,2945
2008#17,5045
2007#15,4916
2006#15,1526
2005#11,8348
2004#9,89210
2003#11,3258
2002#11,1088
2001#10,1029
2000#8,53411
1999#8,22311
1998#8,01611
1997#7,28312
1996#7,13012
1995#7,51411
1994#5,71316
1993#5,95515
1992#4,68621
1991#4,65021
1990#5,28617
1989#3,67327
1988#4,01522
1987#4,28319
1986#4,53917
1985#3,51724
1984#3,72621
1983#3,15126
1982#4,02519
1981#2,98629
1980#3,60922
1979#2,86030
1978#2,47435
1977#2,83828
1976#2,79227
1975#2,13640
1974#2,25435
1973#1,93942
1972#1,83246
1971#1,56062
1970#1,80449
1969#1,56158
1968#1,23678
1967#1,14785
1966#1,08194
1965#1,004108
1964#912131
1963#907134
1962#846155
1961#783179
1960#804165
1959#746186
1958#707195
1957#662220
1956#604249
1955#615228
1954#526283
1953#464336
1952#478308
1951#450340
1950#464307
1949#410379
1948#424350
1947#416377
1946#408353#3,5255
1945#366365
1944#364367
1943#345429
1942#314483
1941#302456
1940#296458
1939#271519
1938#273539#3,1756
1937#267550
1936#245644
1935#231726#3,2526
1934#234722#3,2776
1933#214797#2,21411
1932#192950
1931#190956#3,7635
1930#1791,093#2,7819
1929#1621,275#3,9595
1928#1531,427#3,6976
1927#1511,568#3,7806
1926#1471,658#4,2015
1925#1381,894
1924#1372,033#3,8676
1923#1192,266#4,2395
1922#1152,323#3,0149
1921#1122,487
1920#1022,688#3,2088
1919#972,668#3,3917
1918#962,739#2,39812
1917#912,836#3,5456
1916#892,714
1915#872,590#2,6219
1914#802,164
1913#761,856
1912#751,761#1,8858
1911#751,361#1,5376
1910#741,288#1,1189
1909#691,217#1,4405
1908#691,162#9469
1907#661,156
1906#641,173#9278
1905#631,190
1904#621,142
1903#591,174
1902#581,159#9337
1901#591,025
1900#601,332
1899#551,063#7868
1898#541,269#8857
1897#551,092
1896#541,150
1895#541,156
1894#561,091#9546
1893#521,075
1892#541,094
1891#56917#7667
1890#55953
1889#52972#8786
1888#52942
1887#54763#9215
1886#51787
1885#53710
1884#52711
1883#54610
1882#56547
1881#57456
1880#59427
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Blanche was already there! It came in at #59, and was given to 427 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2015, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Blanche
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 4,284 spots since 2024 (#11,122#6,838)
  • 2,115 spots since 2020 (#8,953#6,838)
  • Biggest jump: 21 spots in 1961 (#804#783)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 1965 (#912#1,004)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #51 (787 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 58 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1880–1919
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 181
  • Highest: 1 in 181 girls born in 1884 were named Blanche (0.55%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #51 in 1886, was only 1 in 184 (0.54%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 25.1% of all girls named Blanche (21,977) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6,925#51 (1886)#54
1890s10,860#52 (1893)#55
1900s11,730#58 (1902)#63
1910s21,977#74 (1910)#84
1920s19,619#102 (1920)#134
1930s7,496#179 (1930)#230
1940s4,017#296 (1940)#365
1950s2,652#450 (1951)#572
1960s1,187#783 (1961)#1,028
1970s394#1,560 (1971)#2,249
1980s226#2,986 (1981)#3,752
1990s147#4,650 (1991)#6,446
2000s76#8,534 (2000)#12,824
2010s60#10,235 (2013)#12,814
2020s59#6,838 (2025)#10,211

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.

Blanche in 1920

girls
#102
2,688 births · 1 in 446 girls
boys
#3,208
8 births · 1 in 133,045 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #102Blanche2,688

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #3,208Blanche8
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 446 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 98.2% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanche
  1. #99Mae2,730
  2. #100Eileen2,718
  3. #101Opal2,702
  4. #102Blanche2,688
  5. #103Audrey2,666
  6. #104Patricia2,502
  7. #105Velma2,491
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 133,045 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanche
  1. #2,967Yoshiyuki9
  2. #2,967Zannie9
  3. #2,967Zelmer9
  4. #3,208Blanche8
  5. #3,208Ac8
  6. #3,208Achilles8
  7. #3,208Adelino8
  8. #3,489Abelino7
  9. #3,489Acey7
  10. #3,489Acil7

Tied with 280 names at #3,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920