girls' name ★ peaked 1990

Blanca

Meaning Blanca is a feminine Spanish given name Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,857 Trend → Stable

Blanca is a feminine Spanish given name.

Rank 2025
#1,857
among girls · ↑27 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
107
named Blanca · +1% vs 2024
How common
1 in 15,021
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1990
673 babies
All-time total
25,653
#914 all-time among girls
First recorded
1910
in Social Security records

Blanca popularity over time

25,653 babies have been named Blanca since 1910, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s 58 – 58 6 – #2,175
1920s 160 – 160 16 +176% #1,529
1930s 270 – 270 27 +69% #1,138
1940s 533 – 533 53 +97% #765
1950s 2,574 5 2,579 258 +384% #510
1960s 2,891 10 2,901 290 +12% #529
1970s 4,204 9 4,213 421 +45% #424
1980s 4,565 70 4,635 464 +10% #410
1990s 5,186 32 5,218 522 +13% #393
2000s 3,205 – 3,205 321 -39% #623
2010s 1,261 – 1,261 126 -61% #1,288
2020s (to 2025) 620 – 620 103 -18% #1,857

Where Blanca is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 108 0.07 outside top 500
2027 109 0.07 outside top 500
2028 109 0.07 outside top 500
2029 110 0.07 outside top 500
2030 110 0.07 outside top 500

Where Blanca is most popular

Girls named Blanca per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.064 per 1,000. Strongest in California, Texas, and Florida.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Blanca born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
California 111 0.132 +107%
Texas 106 0.132 +106%
Florida 30 0.070 +10%
Virginia 10 0.059 -8%
Colorado 6 0.054 -16%
Maryland 5 0.047 -26%
Illinois 10 0.044 -32%
Arizona 5 0.036 -44%
North Carolina 8 0.035 -45%
Washington 5 0.035 -46%
New York 12 0.030 -53%
New Jersey 5 0.028 -57%
Ohio 5 0.021 -67%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Georgia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Blanca

Blanca is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,857 in 2025 with 107 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1910, 25,653 American babies have been named Blanca. Its peak came in 1990, when 673 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Blanca stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Blanca?

The median living Blanca is about 39 years old; half are between 28 and 53. An estimated 24 thousand people named Blanca are alive in the United States today.

median 39 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Blanca year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 107 #1,857 – –
2024 106 #1,884 – –
2023 103 #1,924 – –
2022 107 #1,885 – –
2021 95 #2,027 – –
2020 102 #1,885 – –
2019 113 #1,805 – –
2018 102 #1,941 – –
2017 96 #2,041 – –
2016 121 #1,731 – –
2015 116 #1,798 – –
2014 130 #1,645 – –
2013 114 #1,794 – –
2012 151 #1,492 – –
2011 133 #1,620 – –
2010 185 #1,288 – –
2009 213 #1,180 – –
2008 258 #1,018 – –
2007 285 #954 – –
2006 342 #797 – –
2005 313 #821 – –
2004 285 #861 – –
2003 369 #708 – –
2002 348 #712 – –
2001 403 #623 – –
2000 389 #643 – –
1995 512 #485 – –
1990 662 #393 11 #4,692
1985 422 #486 – –
1980 493 #436 7 #4,988
1975 456 #433 9 #3,685
1970 364 #524 – –
1965 249 #618 – –
1960 298 #568 – –
1955 285 #545 – –
1950 191 #604 – –
1945 48 #1,133 – –
1940 30 #1,374 – –
1935 38 #1,138 – –
1930 30 #1,407 – –
1925 16 #2,295 – –
1920 15 #2,367 – –
1915 7 #3,475 – –
1910 6 #2,175 – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Blanca

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Blanca Suárez Blanca Suárez Spanish actress b. 1988 · Contemporary
  2. 2 Blanca Soto Blanca Soto Mexican actress and model b. 1979 · Contemporary
  3. 3 Blanca Portillo Blanca Portillo Spanish actress b. 1963 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Blanca Fernández Ochoa Blanca Fernández Ochoa Spanish alpine skier (1963–2019) Contemporary
  5. 5 Blanca of Navarre, Queen of Castile Blanca of Navarre, Queen of Castile Companion, Spain 1137–1156 · Medieval

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Blanca, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Blanca?

The median living Blanca is about 39 years old. Half of all living Blancas are between 28 and 53 years old.

How many people named Blanca are alive today?

An estimated 24 thousand people named Blanca are alive in the United States, based on 25,653 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Blanca mean?

Blanca is a feminine Spanish given name.

How popular is the name Blanca in 2025?

Blanca ranked #1,857 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 107 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Blanca?

25,653 babies have been named Blanca in the United States since 1910, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Blanca most popular?

Blanca peaked in 1990, when 673 newborns received the name.

Is Blanca a boy or girl name?

Blanca is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Blanca rising or falling?

Blanca has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Blanca become more popular?

Blanca looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 110 girls named Blanca in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Blanca?

Well-known people named Blanca include Blanca Suárez (actor), Blanca Soto (actor), Blanca Portillo (actor).

Names like Blanca

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