Blanche
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Blanche is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “white”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Blanche mean?
French
“white”
A female given name from French.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Blanche a girl's or a boy's name?
Blanche is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Blanche in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 girls.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#93).
Blanche in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Blanche in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Blanche, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 2,836 girls.
2025 had more girls named Blanche than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Blanche in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1926, the years shaded on the chart below.
Blanche in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,136 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,560 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,804 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,561 |
| 1968 | 78 | #1,236 |
| 1967 | 85 | #1,147 |
| 1966 | 94 | #1,081 |
| 1965 | 108 | #1,004 |
| 1964 | 131 | #912 |
| 1963 | 134 | #907 |
| 1962 | 155 | #846 |
| 1961 | 179 | #783 |
| 1960 | 165 | #804 |
| 1959 | 186 | #746 |
| 1958 | 195 | #706 |
| 1957 | 220 | #661 |
| 1956 | 249 | #603 |
| 1955 | 228 | #614 |
| 1954 | 283 | #525 |
| 1953 | 336 | #463 |
| 1952 | 308 | #477 |
| 1951 | 340 | #449 |
| 1950 | 307 | #463 |
| 1949 | 379 | #409 |
| 1948 | 350 | #424 |
| 1947 | 377 | #416 |
| 1946 | 353 | #408 |
| 1945 | 365 | #366 |
| 1944 | 367 | #364 |
| 1943 | 429 | #345 |
| 1942 | 483 | #314 |
| 1941 | 456 | #302 |
| 1940 | 458 | #296 |
| 1939 | 519 | #271 |
| 1938 | 539 | #273 |
| 1937 | 550 | #267 |
| 1936 | 644 | #245 |
| 1935 | 726 | #231 |
| 1934 | 722 | #234 |
| 1933 | 797 | #214 |
| 1932 | 950 | #192 |
| 1931 | 956 | #190 |
| 1930 | 1,093 | #179 |
| 1929 | 1,275 | #162 |
| 1928 | 1,427 | #153 |
| 1927 | 1,568 | #151 |
| 1926 | 1,658 | #147 |
| 1925 | 1,894 | #138 |
| 1924 | 2,033 | #137 |
| 1923 | 2,266 | #119 |
| 1922 | 2,323 | #115 |
| 1921 | 2,487 | #112 |
| 1920 | 2,688 | #102 |
| 1919 | 2,668 | #97 |
| 1918 | 2,739 | #96 |
| 1917 | 2,836 | #91 |
| 1916 | 2,714 | #89 |
| 1915 | 2,590 | #87 |
| 1914 | 2,164 | #80 |
| 1913 | 1,856 | #76 |
| 1912 | 1,761 | #75 |
| 1911 | 1,361 | #75 |
| 1910 | 1,288 | #74 |
| 1909 | 1,217 | #69 |
| 1908 | 1,162 | #69 |
| 1907 | 1,156 | #66 |
| 1906 | 1,173 | #64 |
| 1905 | 1,190 | #63 |
| 1904 | 1,142 | #62 |
| 1903 | 1,174 | #59 |
| 1902 | 1,159 | #58 |
| 1901 | 1,025 | #59 |
| 1900 | 1,332 | #60 |
| 1899 | 1,063 | #55 |
| 1898 | 1,269 | #54 |
| 1897 | 1,092 | #55 |
| 1896 | 1,150 | #54 |
| 1895 | 1,156 | #54 |
| 1894 | 1,091 | #56 |
| 1893 | 1,075 | #52 |
| 1892 | 1,094 | #54 |
| 1891 | 917 | #56 |
| 1890 | 953 | #55 |
| 1889 | 972 | #52 |
| 1888 | 942 | #52 |
| 1887 | 763 | #54 |
| 1886 | 787 | #51 |
| 1885 | 710 | #53 |
| 1884 | 711 | #52 |
| 1883 | 610 | #54 |
| 1882 | 547 | #56 |
| 1881 | 456 | #57 |
| 1880 | 427 | #59 |
Names like Blanche
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Blanche
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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, “Blanche: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blanche, updated 20 October 2026.