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How popular is “Blanche” in the USA?

Number of people named “Blanche” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Blanche” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Blanche” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Blanche” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Blanche” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Blanche” by birth year

This chart shows how “Blanche” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 427 0.002119275 427 100%
1881 456 0.00236652 456 100%
1882 547 0.002469158 547 100%
1883 610 0.00281176 610 100%
1884 711 0.002920386 711 100%
1885 710 0.002947844 710 100%
1886 787 0.003082455 787 100%
1887 768 0.003104385 763 5 99%
1888 942 0.003145515 942 100%
1889 978 0.003384715 972 6 99%
1890 953 0.003161901 953 100%
1891 924 0.003223184 917 7 98%
1892 1094 0.003271786 1094 100%
1893 1075 0.003305424 1075 100%
1894 1097 0.00323895 1091 6 99%
1895 1156 0.00329326 1156 100%
1896 1150 0.003216927 1150 100%
1897 1092 0.003147364 1092 100%
1898 1276 0.003345086 1269 7 99%
1899 1071 0.003157113 1063 8 99%
1900 1332 0.002958304 1332 100%
1901 1025 0.002964038 1025 100%
1902 1166 0.003015 1159 7 99%
1903 1174 0.003079748 1174 100%
1904 1142 0.002830341 1142 100%
1905 1190 0.00280712 1190 100%
1906 1181 0.002756441 1173 8 99%
1907 1156 0.002483938 1156 100%
1908 1171 0.002396403 1162 9 98%
1909 1222 0.002390342 1217 5 99%
1910 1297 0.002195659 1288 9 99%
1911 1367 0.002121755 1361 6 99%
1912 1769 0.001790373 1761 8 99%
1913 1856 0.001632208 1856 100%
1914 2164 0.001527877 2164 100%
1915 2599 0.001418338 2590 9 99%
1916 2714 0.001403007 2714 100%
1917 2842 0.00141622 2836 6 100%
1918 2751 0.001267093 2739 12 99%
1919 2675 0.001267625 2668 7 99%
1920 2696 0.001191527 2688 8 99%
1921 2487 0.001065322 2487 100%
1922 2332 0.001018716 2323 9 99%
1923 2271 0.000986327 2266 5 100%
1924 2039 0.000856144 2033 6 99%
1925 1894 0.000811725 1894 100%
1926 1663 0.000724333 1658 5 99%
1927 1574 0.000678636 1568 6 99%
1928 1433 0.000633808 1427 6 99%
1929 1280 0.000583899 1275 5 99%
1930 1102 0.000495662 1093 9 98%
1931 961 0.000456665 956 5 99%
1932 950 0.000449962 950 100%
1933 808 0.000404112 797 11 97%
1934 728 0.000350537 722 6 98%
1935 732 0.000350256 726 6 98%
1936 644 0.000309976 644 100%
1937 550 0.000258135 550 100%
1938 545 0.000246319 539 6 98%
1939 519 0.000235541 519 100%
1940 458 0.000198898 458 100%
1941 456 0.000187159 456 100%
1942 483 0.000176805 483 100%
1943 429 0.00015199 429 100%
1944 367 0.000136427 367 100%
1945 365 0.000137585 365 100%
1946 358 0.000112039 353 5 97%
1947 377 0.000104655 377 100%
1948 350 0.000101375 350 100%
1949 379 0.000108759 379 100%
1950 307 0.00008763 307 100%
1951 340 0.000092298 340 100%
1952 308 0.000081095 308 100%
1953 336 0.00008719 336 100%
1954 283 0.000071093 283 100%
1955 228 0.000056786 228 100%
1956 249 0.000060392 249 100%
1957 220 0.000052354 220 100%
1958 195 0.000047171 195 100%
1959 186 0.000044733 186 100%
1960 165 0.000039723 165 100%
1961 179 0.000043213 179 100%
1962 155 0.00003841 155 100%
1963 134 0.000033854 134 100%
1964 131 0.000033697 131 100%
1965 108 0.000029789 108 100%
1966 94 0.000027045 94 100%
1967 85 0.000025038 85 100%
1968 78 0.000023088 78 100%
1969 58 0.000016689 58 100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 100%
1971 62 0.000018063 62 100%
1972 46 0.000014636 46 100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 100%
1976 27 0.000008898 27 100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 100%
1978 35 0.000011028 35 100%
1979 30 0.000009017 30 100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 100%
1981 29 0.000008383 29 100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 100%
1984 21 0.000006019 21 100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 100%
1989 27 0.000007023 27 100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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