Blanche — #11069 US girls' name
87,408 babies named Blanche in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Blanche was born in this single decade.
2,836 babies were named Blanche in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Blanche
The Social Security Administration has registered 87,408 babies named Blanche between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Blanche currently holds the #11069 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 2,836 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Blanche performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 21,977 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Blanche shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6,253 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Blanche in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Blanche 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 87,408 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.
Blanche at a glance
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Current rank
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Blanche popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1917)
- 2,836
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #11069 among girls.
87,408 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 2,836 births in a single year.
Blanche popularity over time — boys
223 total births recorded since 1887 (Blanche as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Blanche accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Blanche by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 21,977 births that decade — 25% of Blanche's all-time total
Blanche decade highlights
- Peak decade 21,977 births
- Runner-up 19,619 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Blanche's strongest decade
21,977 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Blanche by state
Where Blanche concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6,253 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5,358 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 2,769 | 3.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 2,766 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 2,487 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 2,207 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 2,124 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Texas | | 2,049 | 2.3% |
6,253 of 87,408 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.2% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Blanche appears in 50 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, 1880–2024 (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.