Bianca
Bianca was the 500th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 594 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 84th; the most babies were born in 1991 (3,844). Over the last ten years it has moved down 119 places. More babies were named Bianca in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning white · Italian, Germanic
Say it bee-AHNG-kuh /biˈɑŋkə/
- Rank in 2025
- #500 girls, down 80 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 594girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19913,844 babies
- Total since 1880
- 77,759babies recorded
What does the name Bianca mean?
Bianca is the Italian word for "white" (feminine), the same name as French Blanche. DMNES derives Blanche from Old French blanc, "white, pale", a word of Germanic origin, and lists many medieval queens of the name. Shakespeare used Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew and Othello, and one of the moons of Uranus is named after the Shrew character.
bianco (Italian, “white”)blanc (Old French, “white”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Blanche, Blanca, Bianka.
See also: Italian names, names that mean a color.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Bianca', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Blanche', DMNES, Durham University
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'Bianca', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
Nicknames for Bianca
The usual nicknames for Bianca are Bibi.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bibi | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Biancas go by each one.
Bianca popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 195 since 1979.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #500 | 594 |
| 2020 | #420 | 726 |
| 2010 | #280 | 1,178 |
| 2000 | #170 | 1,956 |
| 1990 | #84 | 3,829 |
| 1980 | #369 | 634 |
| 1970 | #1,127 | 104 |
| 1960 | #1,617 | 48 |
| 1950 | #2,192 | 20 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | #4,634 | 5 |
| 1920 | #5,072 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Bianca, counting every spelling?
Bianca is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #504 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #500 for Bianca on its own. Together these spellings went to 608 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bianca | 594 | #500 | 3,380 |
| Bianka | 14 | #7,552 | 166 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Bianca?
594 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bianca (0.16 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Bianca born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 14 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bianca.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bianca?
About 75,800 people born in the US named Bianca are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 20 and 36. That makes Bianca mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Bianca by state
How common Bianca was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Connecticut (2.5×), New Jersey (2.4×), Florida (2.3×), New York (1.7×), Maryland (1.7×). In 17 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Bianca: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bianca, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Bianca · Sibling names for Bianca
Questions about the name Bianca
What does Bianca mean?
Bianca means “white” (Italian, Germanic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Bianca?
Bianca was the 500th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 594 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 84th; the most babies were born in 1991 (3,844). Over the last ten years it has moved down 119 places. More babies were named Bianca in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Bianca a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Bianca in the US.
Where is Bianca most popular?
In 2021–2025, Bianca was most common in Connecticut (1.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and Florida.