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
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 787 births
- Debut · girls
- 427 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 40 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 87,425since 1880
Blanche over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,474 | 35 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,560 | 62 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,561 | 58 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,236 | 78 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,147 | 85 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,081 | 94 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,004 | 108 | — | |
| 1964 | #912 | 131 | — | |
| 1963 | #907 | 134 | — | |
| 1962 | #846 | 155 | — | |
| 1961 | #783 | 179 | — | |
| 1960 | #804 | 165 | — | |
| 1959 | #746 | 186 | — | |
| 1958 | #707 | 195 | — | |
| 1957 | #662 | 220 | — | |
| 1956 | #604 | 249 | — | |
| 1955 | #615 | 228 | — | |
| 1954 | #526 | 283 | — | |
| 1953 | #464 | 336 | — | |
| 1952 | #478 | 308 | — | |
| 1951 | #450 | 340 | — | |
| 1950 | #464 | 307 | — | |
| 1949 | #410 | 379 | — | |
| 1948 | #424 | 350 | — | |
| 1947 | #416 | 377 | — | |
| 1946 | #408 | 353 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #366 | 365 | — | |
| 1944 | #364 | 367 | — | |
| 1943 | #345 | 429 | — | |
| 1942 | #314 | 483 | — | |
| 1941 | #302 | 456 | — | |
| 1940 | #296 | 458 | — | |
| 1939 | #271 | 519 | — | |
| 1938 | #273 | 539 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #267 | 550 | — | |
| 1936 | #245 | 644 | — | |
| 1935 | #231 | 726 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #234 | 722 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #214 | 797 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #192 | 950 | — | |
| 1931 | #190 | 956 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #179 | 1,093 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #162 | 1,275 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #153 | 1,427 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #151 | 1,568 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #147 | 1,658 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #138 | 1,894 | — | |
| 1924 | #137 | 2,033 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #119 | 2,266 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #115 | 2,323 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #112 | 2,487 | — | |
| 1920 | #102 | 2,688 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #97 | 2,668 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #96 | 2,739 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #91 | 2,836 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #89 | 2,714 | — | |
| 1915 | #87 | 2,590 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #80 | 2,164 | — | |
| 1913 | #76 | 1,856 | — | |
| 1912 | #75 | 1,761 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #75 | 1,361 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #74 | 1,288 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #69 | 1,217 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #69 | 1,162 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #66 | 1,156 | — | |
| 1906 | #64 | 1,173 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #63 | 1,190 | — | |
| 1904 | #62 | 1,142 | — | |
| 1903 | #59 | 1,174 | — | |
| 1902 | #58 | 1,159 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #59 | 1,025 | — | |
| 1900 | #60 | 1,332 | — | |
| 1899 | #55 | 1,063 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #54 | 1,269 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #55 | 1,092 | — | |
| 1896 | #54 | 1,150 | — | |
| 1895 | #54 | 1,156 | — | |
| 1894 | #56 | 1,091 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #52 | 1,075 | — | |
| 1892 | #54 | 1,094 | — | |
| 1891 | #56 | 917 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #55 | 953 | — | |
| 1889 | #52 | 972 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #52 | 942 | — | |
| 1887 | #54 | 763 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #51 | 787 | — | |
| 1885 | #53 | 710 | — | |
| 1884 | #52 | 711 | — | |
| 1883 | #54 | 610 | — | |
| 1882 | #56 | 547 | — | |
| 1881 | #57 | 456 | — | |
| 1880 | #59 | 427 | — | |
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 1898
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Blanche
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #51 (787 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 58 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1880–1919
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1964
- 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
- 25.1% of all girls named Blanche (21,977) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,925 | #51 (1886) | #54 |
| 1890s | 10,860 | #52 (1893) | #55 |
| 1900s | 11,730 | #58 (1902) | #63 |
| 1910s | 21,977 | #74 (1910) | #84 |
| 1920s | 19,619 | #102 (1920) | #134 |
| 1930s | 7,496 | #179 (1930) | #230 |
| 1940s | 4,017 | #296 (1940) | #365 |
| 1950s | 2,652 | #450 (1951) | #572 |
| 1960s | 1,187 | #783 (1961) | #1,028 |
| 1970s | 394 | #1,560 (1971) | #2,249 |
| 1980s | 226 | #2,986 (1981) | #3,752 |
| 1990s | 147 | #4,650 (1991) | #6,446 |
| 2000s | 76 | #8,534 (2000) | #12,824 |
| 2010s | 60 | #10,235 (2013) | #12,814 |
| 2020s | 59 | #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 1898
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More about 1898
girls
258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 204 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 97.3% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 17,526 of them was named Blanche, which outranked 31.3% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).