Blanka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BLAN-ka
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Blanka is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “white”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Blanka mean?
French: Central European form of Blanche, from French blanc
“white”
Is Blanka a girl's or a boy's name?
Blanka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Blanka in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Blanka, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 54 girls.
Half of all the girls named Blanka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Blanka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 33 | #1,091 |
| 2021 | 43 | #890 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 38 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 44 | #905 |
| 2017 | 53 | #805 |
| 2016 | 46 | #881 |
| 2015 | 54 | #784 |
| 2014 | 47 | #874 |
| 2013 | 40 | #987 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 39 | #977 |
| 2010 | 46 | #847 |
| 2009 | 42 | #879 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
Names like Blanka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bella, Isla, Layla, Ava, Lyla, Myla, Sara, Eva, Lyra, Mila, Ada, Luna
Names related to Blanka
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Blanka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/blanka, updated 20 October 2026.