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How popular is the name Blanche?
Births per year, rank history and how many Blanches are alive today.
Blanche (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2019 (ranked 5591st); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1904, when around 620 babies were given the name, the 93rd most popular that year. At least 30,000 babies have been named Blanche in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Blanche you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Blanches born in England and Wales are between 56 and 82, and there are at least 12,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Blanche.
How many babies are named Blanche each year?
Where does Blanche rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Blanche most popular?
Blanche peaked in 1904, when around 620 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Blanche?
At least 12,000 people named Blanche born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Blanche?
Most living Blanches are between 56 and 82; the most common age is about 79.
Is Blanche becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.