How rare is the name Blanche?

11,370 people in the United States have the first name Blanche, about 1 in 26,564. It ranks #2,278 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BLANCHE

#2,278

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,370
About
1 in 26,564
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,370 people named Blanche, 66.3% reported their origin as White, 22.6% as Black and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blanche peaked in 1917, when 2,842 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1917
Births that year
2,842
In 2025*
16 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 87,648 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Blanche by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #74. The largest share of babies named Blanche, 56.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#776,936
1890s#7410,888
1900s#8411,759
1910s#14222,034
1920s#23419,669
1930s#4137,539
1940s#6764,022
1950s#9952,652
1960s#1,6451,187
1970s#3,426394
1980s#5,862226
1990s#10,027147
2000s#19,20976
2010s#22,32160
2020s#16,34159
Before 190121.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2756.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.6%
Baby boom 1946–645.6%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–960.4%
Generation Z 1997–120.2%
2013 and later0.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Blanche is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blanche has been most common in Vermont (2.8×), Maine (2.5×), and North Dakota (2.5×), and least common in Arizona (0.13×).

55,137 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Blanche

#2,276 Dayton · 11,380#2,277 Yelena · 11,377#2,279 Khalid · 11,363#2,280 Long · 11,343

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blanche, most common first.

#584 Blanca · 91,179#15,111 Blanch · 767#25,184 Blanco · 378#37,708 Blanchie · 206#52,133 Blance · 109

Also a last name

As a last name, Blanche ranks #23,309 of 156,621, with 1,125 people. See Blanche as a last name

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