Girl nameCurrently #460 in the USSteady
Bianca
bee-ANG-kuh//biˈæŋkə//
3 syllablesPeak year: 19916 lettersStarts with B
Meaning & origin
White, fair
Bianca is Italian for 'white' or 'fair', from the same root as Blanche, and appears as a character name in Shakespeare's 'Othello' and 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Its elegant, romance-language sound has kept it a steady international favorite.
Bianca's popularity over time
| Year | Births named Bianca |
|---|---|
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 5 |
| 1909 | 6 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1913 | 11 |
| 1914 | 8 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 18 |
| 1918 | 9 |
| 1919 | 18 |
| 1920 | 5 |
| 1921 | 10 |
| 1922 | 11 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 9 |
| 1925 | 9 |
| 1926 | 6 |
| 1927 | 12 |
| 1928 | 15 |
| 1929 | 7 |
| 1930 | 5 |
| 1932 | 12 |
| 1933 | 10 |
| 1936 | 6 |
| 1941 | 7 |
| 1942 | 7 |
| 1944 | 5 |
| 1945 | 8 |
| 1946 | 8 |
| 1947 | 14 |
| 1948 | 7 |
| 1949 | 17 |
| 1950 | 20 |
| 1951 | 20 |
| 1952 | 34 |
| 1953 | 32 |
| 1954 | 20 |
| 1955 | 33 |
| 1956 | 27 |
| 1957 | 43 |
| 1958 | 40 |
| 1959 | 55 |
| 1960 | 48 |
| 1961 | 40 |
| 1962 | 42 |
| 1963 | 34 |
| 1964 | 44 |
| 1965 | 41 |
| 1966 | 51 |
| 1967 | 75 |
| 1968 | 81 |
| 1969 | 104 |
| 1970 | 105 |
| 1971 | 111 |
| 1972 | 98 |
| 1973 | 171 |
| 1974 | 183 |
| 1975 | 249 |
| 1976 | 393 |
| 1977 | 526 |
| 1978 | 593 |
| 1979 | 620 |
| 1980 | 634 |
| 1981 | 685 |
| 1982 | 781 |
| 1983 | 940 |
| 1984 | 670 |
| 1985 | 796 |
| 1986 | 836 |
| 1987 | 930 |
| 1988 | 2,655 |
| 1989 | 3,627 |
| 1990 | 3,848 |
| 1991 | 3,857 |
| 1992 | 3,397 |
| 1993 | 3,218 |
| 1994 | 2,937 |
| 1995 | 2,515 |
| 1996 | 2,529 |
| 1997 | 2,367 |
| 1998 | 2,019 |
| 1999 | 1,947 |
| 2000 | 1,956 |
| 2001 | 2,076 |
| 2002 | 1,954 |
| 2003 | 2,062 |
| 2004 | 1,992 |
| 2005 | 1,926 |
| 2006 | 1,941 |
| 2007 | 1,977 |
| 2008 | 1,652 |
| 2009 | 1,398 |
| 2010 | 1,178 |
| 2011 | 1,121 |
| 2012 | 1,028 |
| 2013 | 1,057 |
| 2014 | 907 |
| 2015 | 859 |
| 2016 | 853 |
| 2017 | 834 |
| 2018 | 768 |
| 2019 | 686 |
| 2020 | 726 |
| 2021 | 697 |
| 2022 | 745 |
| 2023 | 659 |
| 2024 | 678 |
Bianca through the decades
- Bianca peaked in 1991, when 3,857 babies were named Bianca in the US.
- Over the last 10 years of data (2015–2024), use of Bianca has fallen 47% compared to the 10 years before that.
- Bianca currently ranks #460 in the US and is holding steady.
Nicknames
Bee
Variants & spellings
BlancaBlanche