Blanche
Pronounced B L AE1 N CH (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1917
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Blanche?
Blanche is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 94,081 children — the 381st most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 64 births across the past decade, against a peak of 3,003 in a single year. That peak was in 1917.
Blanch is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Blanche and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Blanch
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B L AE1 N CH
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Blanche
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Blanche
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Blanche?
- Blanche ranks 381st among girls' names in US records, with 94,081 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 64.
- Is Blanche a unisex name?
- No. Blanche is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Blanche most popular?
- 1917, when 3,003 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Blanche spelled?
- Blanch. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.