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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #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.

Where Blanche is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1887

girls
#54
763 births · 1 in 191 girls
boys
#921
5 births · 1 in 20,282 boys

Top girls' names in 1887

  1. #1Mary9,888
  2. #2Anna4,227
  3. #3Elizabeth2,681
  4. #4Emma2,647
  5. #5Margaret2,419
  6. #6Minnie2,215
  7. #7Bertha2,037
  8. #8Clara1,984
  9. #9Florence1,964
  10. #10Ida1,929
  11. #54Blanche763

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #921Blanche5
More about 1887

girls

145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 191 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 95.9% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanche
  1. #51Lucy811
  2. #52Fannie798
  3. #53Katherine794
  4. #54Blanche763
  5. #55Maggie740
  6. #56Nora735
  7. #57Mamie716
Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Ossie#1,108 → #537
  2. ↑ 522Albertine#1,108 → #586
  3. ↑ 475Grayce#1,108 → #633
  4. ↑ 447Berenice#1,108 → #661
  5. ↑ 447Elfrieda#1,108 → #661
Fallers
  1. ↓ 591Faith#556 → #1,147
  2. ↓ 541Jo#606 → #1,147
  3. ↓ 541Leanna#606 → #1,147
  4. ↓ 541Manie#606 → #1,147
  5. ↓ 430Drusilla#606 → #1,036

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

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,282 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blanche
  1. #819Woodie6
  2. #819Wright6
  3. #819Yancy6
  4. #921Blanche5
  5. #921Ab5
  6. #921Abbie5
  7. #921Ada5

Tied with 146 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

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

See the top 100 for 1887 →