Blanche

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Blanche: Recorded since 1971, with a gap of 30 years, its highest recorded position is #466, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#466highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Blanche's record

Absent from every published list for 30 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3197
2006	#4157
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2014	#4684
2016	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#5591

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 11 of the 18 years from 2002 to 2019.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1971–2019 · 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
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Blanche 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 1971 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #466 in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Blanche'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	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 1971 and 2019, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #466, first reached in 1971.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 30 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 31 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
30 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#5,591position in 2019, its most recent recorded year
31 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

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.

Blanaid · #262, 19y
Blanca · #758, 19y
Blane · #369, 19y
Blanka · #359, 18y

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.

Bridgette · #466, 12y
Keva · #465, 14y
Adrijus · #472, 11y
Benicio · #472, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Bridgette · #466, 12y
Gwyneth · #466, 32y
Eugenie · #467, 29y
Carmela · #471, 27y

Blanche was ranked #466 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1971. 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.

Blanche 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 Blanche without appearing here.

Blanche moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5556 and #1752 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #5785.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5556 and #3422 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Blanche

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.

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 1971 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #466 in Republic of Ireland in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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