Blanche
Blanche was given to 16 girls in 2025, #6,890 among girls’ names; 87,648 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,060 Americans named Blanche and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (9% of everyone recorded); the median is 77 years old and half are between 67 and 85.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Blanche by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Blanche mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Blanche is “a female given name from French.” Its etymology gives the sense “white” (blanc).
From Old French blanc (“white”). The surname originated as a nickname, or as a matronymic.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Blanche?
#6,890 among girls’ names, 2025
Blanche entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #6,890 in 2025.
2,842 babies in 1917, the peak
Blanche peaked in 1917, when 2,842 babies were given it (2,836 girls, #91 among girls’ names). The 16 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,890 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,286 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,723 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,874 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,288 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,046 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,085 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,825 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,016 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,877 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10 | #10,382 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,411 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,586 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,266 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,735 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,963 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,792 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,432 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,000 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,012 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,470 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,286 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,226 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,628 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,302 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,073 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,333 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,189 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,574 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,740 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,982 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,697 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,666 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,314 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,680 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,016 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,301 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,556 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,521 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,741 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,158 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,037 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,994 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,624 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,867 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,477 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,841 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,798 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,140 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,257 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,942 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,834 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,562 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,804 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,563 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 78 | #1,236 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 85 | #1,147 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 94 | #1,082 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 108 | #1,005 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 131 | #912 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 134 | #907 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 155 | #846 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 179 | #784 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 165 | #804 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 186 | #746 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 195 | #706 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 220 | #661 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 249 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 228 | #614 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 283 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1953 | 336 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1952 | 308 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1951 | 340 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1950 | 307 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1949 | 379 | #409 | 0.22 |
| 1948 | 350 | #424 | 0.21 |
| 1947 | 377 | #416 | 0.21 |
| 1946 | 353 | #409 | 0.22 |
| 1945 | 365 | #366 | 0.28 |
| 1944 | 367 | #365 | 0.28 |
| 1943 | 429 | #345 | 0.31 |
| 1942 | 483 | #314 | 0.36 |
| 1941 | 456 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1940 | 458 | #296 | 0.40 |
| 1939 | 519 | #271 | 0.47 |
| 1938 | 539 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1937 | 550 | #267 | 0.52 |
| 1936 | 644 | #245 | 0.62 |
| 1935 | 726 | #231 | 0.69 |
| 1934 | 722 | #234 | 0.69 |
| 1933 | 797 | #214 | 0.79 |
| 1932 | 950 | #192 | 0.89 |
| 1931 | 956 | #190 | 0.90 |
| 1930 | 1,093 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1929 | 1,275 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1928 | 1,427 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1927 | 1,568 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1926 | 1,658 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 1925 | 1,894 | #138 | 1.6 |
| 1924 | 2,033 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 1923 | 2,266 | #119 | 1.9 |
| 1922 | 2,323 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1921 | 2,487 | #112 | 2.0 |
| 1920 | 2,688 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1919 | 2,668 | #97 | 2.4 |
| 1918 | 2,739 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1917 | 2,836 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1916 | 2,714 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1915 | 2,590 | #87 | 2.6 |
| 1914 | 2,164 | #80 | 2.8 |
| 1913 | 1,856 | #76 | 3.0 |
| 1912 | 1,761 | #75 | 3.2 |
| 1911 | 1,361 | #75 | 3.3 |
| 1910 | 1,288 | #74 | 3.2 |
| 1909 | 1,217 | #69 | 3.5 |
| 1908 | 1,162 | #69 | 3.5 |
| 1907 | 1,156 | #66 | 3.6 |
| 1906 | 1,173 | #64 | 4.0 |
| 1905 | 1,190 | #63 | 4.1 |
| 1904 | 1,142 | #62 | 4.1 |
| 1903 | 1,174 | #59 | 4.5 |
| 1902 | 1,159 | #58 | 4.4 |
| 1901 | 1,025 | #59 | 4.3 |
| 1900 | 1,332 | #60 | 4.4 |
| 1899 | 1,063 | #55 | 4.6 |
| 1898 | 1,269 | #54 | 4.9 |
| 1897 | 1,092 | #55 | 4.7 |
| 1896 | 1,150 | #54 | 4.8 |
| 1895 | 1,156 | #54 | 4.9 |
| 1894 | 1,091 | #56 | 4.9 |
| 1893 | 1,075 | #52 | 5.0 |
| 1892 | 1,094 | #54 | 5.2 |
| 1891 | 917 | #56 | 4.9 |
| 1890 | 953 | #55 | 5.0 |
| 1889 | 972 | #52 | 5.4 |
| 1888 | 942 | #52 | 5.3 |
| 1887 | 763 | #54 | 5.2 |
| 1886 | 787 | #51 | 5.4 |
| 1885 | 710 | #53 | 5.3 |
| 1884 | 711 | #52 | 5.5 |
| 1883 | 610 | #54 | 5.4 |
| 1882 | 547 | #56 | 5.1 |
| 1881 | 456 | #57 | 5.0 |
| 1880 | 427 | #59 | 4.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Blanche a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Blanche has been given almost only to girls: 223 boys in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Blanche: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Blanche, and how old are they?
8,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 9% of the 87,648 Americans ever recorded as Blanche. The median Blanche alive today is 77 years old; half are between 67 and 85.
The 2020 Census counted 11,370 people named Blanche (11,345 women and girls, 25 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,866 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,900 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,660 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 770 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 308 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 130 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 96 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Blanche born?
The states with the most babies named Blanche are New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 6,253 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 5,358 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 2,769 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 2,766 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Massachusetts | 2,487 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Virginia | 2,207 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 2,124 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 2,049 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 1,856 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 1,504 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Blanche is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Blanche is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Blanche with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 95,421 babies since 1880, Blanche is the most given (92% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Blanche
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Blanche and names like it
- Compare Blanche and BlanchBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sBlanche peaked in 1917.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Blanche since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Blanche: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Blanche.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Blanche alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.