Blanchard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Blanchard

The Social Security Administration has registered 413 babies named Blanchard between 1883 and 1964, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Blanchard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Blanchard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Blanchard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Blanchard in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Blanchard 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 413 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.