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.
Where Blanch is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#284 · 1 in 2,369
- Tennessee#290 · 1 in 2,373
- North Carolina#313 · 1 in 2,805
- Virginia#342 · 1 in 3,533
- Arkansas#365 · 1 in 2,555
Best ever in a state: #157 in Virginia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #284 | 10 | 1 in 2,369 |
| Tennessee | #290 | 12 | 1 in 2,373 |
| North Carolina | #313 | 14 | 1 in 2,805 |
| Virginia | #342 | 8 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Arkansas | #365 | 8 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Kentucky | #372 | 9 | 1 in 3,346 |
| Iowa | #387 | 5 | 1 in 4,275 |
| Michigan | #488 | 5 | 1 in 7,681 |
| Oklahoma | #518 | 5 | 1 in 5,069 |
| Georgia | #524 | 5 | 1 in 6,887 |
| Alabama | #532 | 5 | 1 in 6,236 |
| Pennsylvania | #672 | 5 | 1 in 19,249 |
| New York | #676 | 5 | 1 in 19,929 |
| Texas | #774 | 7 | 1 in 8,318 |
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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 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 8,806 of them was named Blanch, which outranked 89.0% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 219,220 of them was named Blanch, which outranked 13.6% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 665 names at #4,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.