# Blanche (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blanche/  
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 | “white” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Blanch |
| US babies named this | 87,648 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 223 / 87,425 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 42, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French blanc (“white”). The surname originated as a nickname, or as a matronymic.

## What it means

Blanche is grouped under white.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 17,741 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,272 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,594 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,417 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,387 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,883 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,020 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,829 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,090 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,051 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,293 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,879 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,728 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,291 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6,892 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 8 | 3,244 |
| 1922 | 9 | 3,044 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,312 |
| 1924 | 6 | 3,921 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,268 |
| 1927 | 6 | 3,825 |
| 1928 | 6 | 3,752 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,022 |
| 1930 | 9 | 2,799 |
| 1931 | 5 | 3,817 |
| 1933 | 11 | 2,226 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,320 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3,299 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,214 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,574 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Blanca
- Chinese: 布蘭奇 /布兰奇
- Czech: Blanka, Bianka, Běla
- Dutch: Blanca
- French: Blanche
- German: Bianka, Blanka
- Hungarian: Bianka
- Italian: Bianca
- Latin: Blanca
- Polish: Blanka
- Portuguese: Branca
- Romanian: Blanca, Bianca
- Russian: Бланка
- Slovak: Blanka, Bianka
- Slovene: Blanka
- Spanish: Blanca
- Swedish: Blanka

## People named Blanche

- Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France, French queen consort
- Blanche of Lancaster, English noblewoman and heiress, died 1368
- Blanche Lincoln, American politician
- Blanche Sweet, American actress (1896–1986)
- Blanche Monnier, French woman kept locked for 25 years (1849–1913)
- Blanche Bingley, English tennis player (1863–1946)
- Blanche Huber, first female doctor in Malta
- Blanche Baker, American actress
- Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans, French princess
- Blanche of Montferrat, duchess of Savoy and wife of Charles I of Savoy (1472-1519)
- Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria, French princess
- Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany

## 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.