Blanca
Blanca is a feminine Spanish given name. Notable people with the name include:Blanca of Navarre (disambiguation), the name of various members of the aristocracy Princess Blanca of Bourbon (1868–1949), Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by marriage Blanca de la Cerda y Lara, Spanish noblewoman Blanca Delia Pérez, Spanish politician of the Canary…
- Spanish
- Catalan
Meaning & Origin of Blanca
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Blanca is a feminine Spanish given name. Notable people with the name include:Blanca of Navarre (disambiguation), the name of various members of the aristocracy Princess Blanca of Bourbon (1868–1949), Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by marriage Blanca de la Cerda y Lara, Spanish noblewoman Blanca Delia Pérez, Spanish politician of the Canary…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Catalan
The Story of Blanca
The earliest SSA record of Blanca as a baby girl name dates back to 1910, when 6 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 662 newborns named Blanca — #393 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Blanca on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Blanca ranks #1,867 for baby girls with 107 births, holding steady (+4%). All told, over 26K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Blanca
Blanca is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1910 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Blanca's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #393. Use the chart and map above to compare Blanca's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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