Blanca
Blanca was the 1857th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 107 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 393rd with 662 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 59 places. More babies were named Blanca in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning "white" · Spanish, Germanic
Say it BLAHN-kuh /ˈblɑŋkə/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,857 girls, up 28 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 107girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990662 babies
- Total since 1880
- 25,653babies recorded
What does the name Blanca mean?
Blanca is a medieval Spanish royal name from blanco, "white", the equivalent of French and English Blanche. DMNES traces Blanche to Old French blanc, "white, fair", a word borrowed from Germanic, and lists queens of Castile, Navarre and France who bore it. In the US Blanca was most common in the 1980s and 1990s.
blanco (Spanish, “white”)blanc (Old French, “white, fair”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Blanche, Bianca, Branca.
See also: Spanish names, names that mean a color.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Blanca', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Blanche', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Blanca (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Blanca popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 126 since 1958.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,857 | 107 |
| 2020 | #1,885 | 102 |
| 2010 | #1,288 | 185 |
| 2000 | #643 | 389 |
| 1990 | #393 | 662 |
| 1980 | #436 | 493 |
| 1970 | #524 | 364 |
| 1960 | #568 | 298 |
| 1950 | #604 | 191 |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,407 | 30 |
| 1920 | #2,367 | 15 |
| 1910 | #2,175 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Blanca, counting every spelling?
Blanca has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,675 for girls in 2025, against #1,857 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Blanca?
107 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Blanca (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Blanca 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 78 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Blanca.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Blanca?
About 23,400 people born in the US named Blanca are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 29 and 54. That makes Blanca mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Blanca by state
How common Blanca was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.1×), Texas (2.1×). In 38 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 Blanca: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Blanca, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Blanca · Sibling names for Blanca
Questions about the name Blanca
What does Blanca mean?
Blanca means “"white"” (Spanish, Germanic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Blanca?
Blanca was the 1857th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 107 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 393rd with 662 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 59 places. More babies were named Blanca in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Blanca a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Blanca in the US.
Where is Blanca most popular?
In 2021–2025, Blanca was most common in California (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Florida.