Blanca

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Blanca: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Blanca: Recorded since 2002, it reached #758 in 2010, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#758highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2006	#3548
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#2717
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#2070
2016	#4763
2017	#2706
2018	#2674
2019	#2458
2020	#3899
2021	#2942
2022	#3970
2023	#3218
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3218 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2023
Highest recorded position: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2010–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Blanca appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 125 births with the name.

Blanca across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Blanca's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#2070 (2015)	#3015 (2024)	19 of 23	125 (2002–2024)	13 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#758 (2010)	#758 (2010)	#856 (2023)	4 of 14	13 (2010–2023)	4 (2010)

Blanca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Blanca in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	18	4 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	74	10 of 10	7
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Blanca appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Blanca's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #758, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Blakely · #374, 14y
Blanaid · #262, 19y
Blanche · #466, 12y
Blane · #369, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alexie · #758, 19y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Emili · #758, 21y
Estela · #758, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Emili · #758, 21y
Enrika · #758, 8y
Estela · #758, 14y
Keita · #758, 14y

Blanca was ranked #758 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Blanca and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Blanca without appearing here.

Blanca moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Blanca

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2070 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2893.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2942 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Blanca

Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blanca went from #2070 to #3015 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Blanca

Blanca at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Blanca across 2 official records

Blanca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Blanca appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Blanca at a glance

Blanca across 2 official records

Blanca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Blanca appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Blanca

Blanca and the names beside it

Blanca moved ahead of

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