Blanca — #1878 US girls' name
25,415 babies named Blanca in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Blanca was born in this single decade.
662 babies were named Blanca in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Blanca
The Social Security Administration has registered 25,415 babies named Blanca between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Blanca currently holds the #1878 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 662 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Blanca performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5,186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Blanca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,298 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Blanca in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Blanca in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 25,415 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Blanca at a glance
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Current rank
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Blanca popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1910
- Peak year (1990)
- 662
- Annual births at peak — across 115 years of records
Currently ranks #1878 among girls.
25,415 total births across 115 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 662 births in a single year.
Blanca popularity over time — boys
126 total births recorded since 1958 (Blanca as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Blanca accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Blanca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 5,186 births that decade — 20% of Blanca's all-time total
Blanca decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,186 births
- Runner-up 4,564 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Blanca's strongest decade
5,186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Blanca by state
Where Blanca concentrates geographically — total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8,298 | 32.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,171 | 32.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,591 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,161 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 819 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 615 | 2.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 361 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 228 | 0.9% |
8,298 of 25,415 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 32.7% of nationwide
- Texas 32.2% of nationwide
- New York 6.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.6% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 32.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Blanca appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1910–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.