Girls' name · peaked in 1990
Blanca name popularity since 1925
25,530 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Blanca. Half of them were born in 1984 or earlier, so the typical Blanca is about 42 years old in 2026. Blanca peaked in 1990 as the #393 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,530
- Named Blanca, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,857 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 25,404 girls · 126 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 4.54× its national share
Peak year is the year Blanca made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Blanca births per year, 1925–2025
1990 was the biggest year for Blanca both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1949 and 1954, Blanca became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 13,500 baby girls to 1 in 7,330.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 5,560 to 1 in 13,200.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Blanca's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Blanca.
Decade by decade
Babies named Blanca in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 95 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 270 | 0 | #1,138 |
| 1940s | 533 | 0 | #1,133 |
| 1950s | 2,574 | 5 | #545 |
| 1960s | 2,891 | 10 | #618 |
| 1970s | 4,204 | 9 | #433 |
| 1980s | 4,565 | 70 | #486 |
| 1990s | 5,186 | 32 | #485 |
| 2000s | 3,205 | 0 | #821 |
| 2010s | 1,261 | 0 | #1,798 |
| 2020–25 | 620 | 0 | #1,857 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
31.8% of babies named Blanca from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Blanca is most popular
The index compares Blanca's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Blanca.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4.54× | 8,161 |
| California | 3.45× | 8,359 |
| Arizona | 2.76× | 819 |
| Illinois | 1.04× | 1,162 |
| New York | 0.92× | 1,597 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Blanca's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Blanca.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Blanca (1990).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data