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 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 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.
Where Blanch is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#211 · 1 in 1,388
- South Carolina#229 · 1 in 1,602
- Virginia#233 · 1 in 1,867
- Tennessee#256 · 1 in 1,777
- Kentucky#330 · 1 in 2,672
Best ever in a state: #157 in Virginia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #211 | 22 | 1 in 1,388 |
| South Carolina | #229 | 12 | 1 in 1,602 |
| Virginia | #233 | 13 | 1 in 1,867 |
| Tennessee | #256 | 13 | 1 in 1,777 |
| Kentucky | #330 | 9 | 1 in 2,672 |
| Missouri | #334 | 10 | 1 in 2,884 |
| Mississippi | #379 | 6 | 1 in 3,001 |
| Pennsylvania | #383 | 14 | 1 in 6,376 |
| Georgia | #389 | 8 | 1 in 3,918 |
| Michigan | #470 | 5 | 1 in 6,454 |
| Ohio | #492 | 6 | 1 in 7,996 |
| New York | #658 | 5 | 1 in 18,795 |
| Texas | #839 | 5 | 1 in 9,009 |
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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
- 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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 6,216 of them was named Blanch, which outranked 90.3% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 178,016 of them was named Blanch, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 638 names at #3,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.