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Blanche

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
1
Peak era
1890s/1900s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

white, fair; immortalized by Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

The story

Blanche is Old French for white or fair, a medieval compliment worn early by royalty: Blanche of Castile ruled France as regent and raised the son who became Saint Louis. Victorian Americans adored it, and the name enters the US records at its very peak, riding high through the 1890s and 1900s before descending decade by decade in one of the longest, slowest fades on any chart. By the time Tennessee Williams gave it to Blanche DuBois, the faded Southern belle of A Streetcar Named Desire, unforgettable in Vivien Leigh's Oscar-winning 1951 performance, the name was already past its prime, and the character's fragile gentility fixed it in memory as something beautiful and bygone. Today Blanche rests near the bottom of the chart, a true vintage piece, waiting to see whether the revival that rescued its Edwardian sisters will one day come calling.

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How popular is Blanche around the world?

In the United States, 59 babies were named Blanche between 2020 and 2025. In France, about 220 girls named Blanche were born in 2025, the 253rd most common name among girls that year.

Blanche is on the official records of the United States, France, Canada and Brazil.

United States

1 in 370,000

In the United States, 59 babies were named Blanche between 2020 and 2025.

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Blanche peaked in the 1890s and the 1900s in nearly equal measure. Blanche went to 22,034 US babies in the 1910s, its high point before 1940, and to 119 across the 2010s and 2020s together.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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France

1 in 2,900

In France, about 220 girls named Blanche were born in 2025, the 253rd most common name among girls that year.

peak 19002025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Canada

1 in 8,700

In Canada, 42 girls named Blanche were born in 2024, the 685th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Brazil

1 in 1M

At the 2022 census, 106 people in Brazil were named Blanche, ranked 39,630th, with a median age of 54.
Among people named Blanche living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

peak 1960s1970s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Austria

last on record 2020

Blanche is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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England and Wales

last on record 2019

Blanche is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Ireland

last on record 1971

Blanche is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 1960

Blanche is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New Zealand

last on record 1924

Blanche is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19002025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2017

Blanche is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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South Australia

last on record 2002

Blanche is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Blanche

People given the name Blanche in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 1969. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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