Girl name#806 of girl names
Blanca
Pronounced B L AA1 NG K AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1990
- 115 years in use
How popular is Blanca?
Blanca is a girls' name, and first appears in 1910. It has been given to 25,572 children — the 806th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 50% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1990, when 662 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B L AA1 NG K AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Blanca
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Blanca
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Blanca?
- Blanca ranks 806th among girls' names in US records, with 25,572 births since 1910. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,061.
- Is Blanca a unisex name?
- No. Blanca is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Blanca most popular?
- 1990, when 662 children were given the name. It has been in use for 115 years and is still recorded as of 2024.