# Blanch (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blanch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,450 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 30 / 6,420 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 18 | 2,909 |
| 1961 | 15 | 3,331 |
| 1962 | 15 | 3,302 |
| 1963 | 12 | 3,819 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5,045 |
| 1965 | 10 | 4,223 |
| 1966 | 10 | 4,220 |
| 1967 | 7 | 5,505 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6,320 |
| 1969 | 7 | 6,018 |
| 1970 | 7 | 6,429 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8,900 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,437 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,244 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,440 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 3,963 |
| 1921 | 8 | 3,240 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,311 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,021 |
| 1932 | 7 | 3,118 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.