Blanca
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BLAHN-ka
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,855 for girls
Blanca is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “white”. In 2025 it ranked 1,855th for girls in the US (107 babies).
What does Blanca mean?
Spanish: Spanish form of Blanche
“white”
Blanche of Castile, Blanca in Spanish, was the mother of Saint Louis IX and twice ruled France as regent.
Is Blanca a girl's or a boy's name?
Blanca is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 107 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Blanca in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Blanca in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Blanca in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Blanca in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,855th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 107 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 107 girls in the US were named Blanca, making it the 1,855th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,883rd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 662 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Blanca in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Blanca in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | #1,855 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,884 |
| 2023 | 103 | #1,922 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,883 |
| 2019 | 113 | #1,802 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 |
| 2017 | 96 | #2,035 |
| 2016 | 121 | #1,731 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,793 |
| 2014 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,792 |
| 2012 | 151 | #1,491 |
| 2011 | 133 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 185 | #1,287 |
| 2009 | 213 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 258 | #1,018 |
| 2007 | 285 | #951 |
| 2006 | 342 | #797 |
| 2005 | 313 | #821 |
| 2004 | 285 | #861 |
| 2003 | 369 | #707 |
| 2002 | 348 | #712 |
| 2001 | 403 | #623 |
| 2000 | 389 | #643 |
| 1999 | 368 | #640 |
| 1998 | 416 | #581 |
| 1997 | 446 | #534 |
| 1996 | 453 | #519 |
| 1995 | 512 | #485 |
| 1994 | 521 | #478 |
| 1993 | 567 | #440 |
| 1992 | 607 | #417 |
| 1991 | 634 | #403 |
| 1990 | 662 | #393 |
| 1989 | 602 | #410 |
| 1988 | 471 | #482 |
| 1987 | 408 | #512 |
| 1986 | 429 | #498 |
| 1985 | 422 | #486 |
| 1984 | 381 | #512 |
| 1983 | 408 | #485 |
| 1982 | 450 | #468 |
| 1981 | 501 | #427 |
| 1980 | 493 | #436 |
| 1979 | 428 | #469 |
| 1978 | 432 | #459 |
| 1977 | 430 | #459 |
| 1976 | 478 | #423 |
| 1975 | 456 | #433 |
| 1974 | 448 | #432 |
| 1973 | 395 | #465 |
| 1972 | 379 | #474 |
| 1971 | 394 | #488 |
| 1970 | 364 | #524 |
| 1969 | 346 | #529 |
| 1968 | 314 | #543 |
| 1967 | 276 | #570 |
| 1966 | 260 | #586 |
| 1965 | 249 | #618 |
| 1964 | 275 | #604 |
| 1963 | 286 | #586 |
| 1962 | 303 | #565 |
| 1961 | 284 | #598 |
| 1960 | 298 | #568 |
| 1959 | 276 | #596 |
| 1958 | 316 | #544 |
| 1957 | 258 | #607 |
| 1956 | 287 | #552 |
| 1955 | 285 | #544 |
| 1954 | 265 | #546 |
| 1953 | 284 | #509 |
| 1952 | 211 | #597 |
| 1951 | 201 | #606 |
| 1950 | 191 | #603 |
| 1949 | 127 | #764 |
| 1948 | 77 | #992 |
| 1947 | 72 | #1,046 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,147 |
| 1945 | 48 | #1,130 |
| 1944 | 44 | #1,187 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,663 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,265 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,470 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,403 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,525 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,025 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
Names like Blanca
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lara, Fatima, Sara, Heidi, Athena, Mia, Lana, Ava, Darcie, Robyn, Myla, Autumn
Names related to Blanca
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Blanca: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blanca, updated 20 October 2026.