# Blanka (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blanka/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 73 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 73 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 596, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6 | 9,245 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,517 |
| 1989 | 5 | 12,611 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,403 |
| 1994 | 9 | 8,901 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,290 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,758 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14,782 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,163 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,714 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,190 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,288 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 989 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 41 | 907 |
| 2015 | 46 | 819 |
| 2016 | 42 | 881 |
| 2017 | 51 | 771 |
| 2018 | 41 | 902 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 41 | 860 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Blanka

- Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper
- Blanka Paulů, Czech runner, ski runner, local politician and educator
- Blanka Bohdanová, Czech actress and painter
- Blanka Waleská, Czechoslovak actress (1910-1986)
- Archduchess Margaretha of Austria, Austro-Tuscan Imperial and Royal (1894-1986)

## 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.