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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #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 1927

girls
#151
1,568 births · 1 in 760 girls
boys
#3,780
6 births · 1 in 187,819 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #151Blanche1,568

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #3,780Blanche6
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 760 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 97.3% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanche
  1. #148Anita1,629
  2. #149Inez1,591
  3. #150Lula1,586
  4. #151Blanche1,568
  5. #152Rosie1,560
  6. #153Verna1,535
  7. #154Lola1,532
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 187,819 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 21.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanche
  1. #3,451York7
  2. #3,451Yvonne7
  3. #3,451Zaragoza7
  4. #3,780Blanche6
  5. #3,780Adalbert6
  6. #3,780Adlai6
  7. #3,780Adolpho6
  8. #4,210Adair5
  9. #4,210Adams5
  10. #4,210Adin5

Tied with 429 names at #3,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927