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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #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 1929

girls
#162
1,275 births · 1 in 876 girls
boys
#3,959
5 births · 1 in 215,123 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #162Blanche1,275

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #3,959Blanche5
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 876 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 96.9% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanche
  1. #159Constance1,326
  2. #160Darlene1,302
  3. #161Beulah1,279
  4. #162Blanche1,275
  5. #163Lola1,268
  6. #164Hattie1,261
  7. #165Inez1,258
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 215,123 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanche
  1. #3,559Yvonne6
  2. #3,559Zigmund6
  3. #3,559Zygmunt6
  4. #3,959Blanche5
  5. #3,959Adolphe5
  6. #3,959Adren5
  7. #3,959Agustine5

Tied with 586 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929