Girl's name
Bianca
Say it bee-AHNG-kuh
Italian origin white
3 syllables
Where Bianca is loved, common and rare
Common across Italy and Catalonia. Rare in Sweden, Switzerland, France and ten more places.
1 in 1,921 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Italy 13thCatalonia 74thSweden 118th
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Every place
In 15 of the 40 official lists, among them Italy (13th), Catalonia (74th) and Sweden (118th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 13th 2024 | 1,860 | 1 in 96 |
| Catalonia region | 74th 2025 | 57 | 1 in 338 |
| Sweden | 118th 2025 | 81 | about 1 in 496 |
| Switzerland | 223rd 2025 | 32 | 1 in 1,062 |
| France | 241st 2025 | 235 | 1 in 1,220 |
| Poland | 246th 2025 | 22 | 1 in 5,445 |
| Norway | 246th 2025 | 16 | 1 in 1,362 |
| Berlin city | 257th 2023 | 12 | about 1 in 1,209 |
| Ontario province | 287th 2024 | 44 | about 1 in 1,238 |
| British Columbia province | 321st 2023 | 10 | about 1 in 1,196 |
| Austria | 326th 2025 | 16 | 1 in 2,233 |
| Ireland | 352nd 2025 | 11 | 1 in 1,921 |
| Quebec province | 387th 2025 | 13 | about 1 in 2,000 |
| England and Wales | 542nd 2025 | 73 | 1 in 3,470 |
| Bonn city | 249th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,508 |
Rare, below the listed names: Scotland, Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Munich, Cologne, Leipzig, Rostock, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
In Italian, bianca simply means 'white', the feminine form of bianco, and Bianca is that word used as a name. It is the Italian counterpart of Blanche and Blanca.
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Three syllables, said bee-AHNG-kuh, with the stress on the second. Bia is a short form. Bianka is the central European spelling, and Blanche, Blanca and Branca are its French, Spanish and Portuguese relatives.
Italy is its strongest country, where it is a top-20 name, and it is also popular in Catalonia and Sweden. In the English-speaking world it is used moderately in Ontario, British Columbia and Ireland. Canadian records show a peak around 2007, and it is rising in more regions than it is falling, so it is still in healthy use.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- bee-AHNG-kuh, 3 syllables
- Meaning
white
- Origin
- Italian
- Other spellings
- Blanche
- Bianka
- Blanca
- Bia
- Branca
- Vianca
Etymology
From bianca, feminine singular form of bianco (“white”, adjective).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 8 of 15 regions, falling in 5.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 419 | 405 | 402 | 417 | 402 | 449 | 471 | 536 | 583 | 542 |
| Scotland | 502 | 409 | 680 | 560 | 636 | 485 | 531 | 630 | 638 | |
| Ireland | 316 | 272 | 361 | 421 | 700 | 363 | 389 | 445 | 504 | 352 |
| Ontario | 185 | 173 | 219 | 220 | 198 | 148 | 234 | 284 | 287 | |
| British Columbia | 263 | 313 | 596 | 184 | 137 | 276 | 486 | 321 | ||
| Quebec | 245 | 231 | 229 | 370 | 279 | 390 | 328 | 384 | 376 | 387 |
| France | 492 | 483 | 406 | 383 | 333 | 358 | 322 | 299 | 263 | 241 |
| The Netherlands | 1000 | 816 | 942 | 868 | ||||||
| Austria | 228 | 240 | 227 | 209 | 183 | 240 | 247 | 351 | 552 | 326 |
| Switzerland | 135 | 126 | 149 | 178 | 112 | 151 | 170 | 159 | 172 | 223 |
| Berlin | 665 | 637 | 432 | 360 | 558 | 506 | 301 | 257 | ||
| Rostock | 199 | 174 | ||||||||
| Norway | 397 | 310 | 242 | 255 | 349 | 204 | 271 | 196 | 159 | 246 |
| Sweden | 95 | 66 | 51 | 65 | 99 | 86 | 113 | 106 | 126 | 118 |
| Catalonia | 165 | 154 | 179 | 177 | 127 | 132 | 128 | 127 | 132 | 74 |
| Italy | 26 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | |
| Poland | 175 | 196 | 213 | 224 | 231 | 211 | 247 | 274 | 236 | 246 |
| Argentina | 20 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 542 | 73 | 28.8 |
| 2024 | 583 | 67 | 26.0 |
| 2023 | 536 | 73 | 28.5 |
| 2022 | 471 | 89 | 33.8 |
| 2021 | 449 | 97 | 35.4 |
| 2020 | 402 | 107 | 39.9 |
| 2019 | 417 | 101 | 36.1 |
| 2018 | 402 | 110 | 38.2 |
| 2017 | 405 | 108 | 36.1 |
| 2016 | 419 | 106 | 34.5 |
| 2015 | 492 | 88 | 28.6 |
| 2014 | 399 | 109 | 35.5 |
| 2013 | 450 | 93 | 30.2 |
| 2012 | 487 | 90 | 27.9 |
| 2011 | 464 | 92 | 28.6 |
| 2010 | 494 | 82 | 25.5 |
| 2009 | 551 | 70 | 22.3 |
| 2008 | 500 | 77 | 24.4 |
| 2007 | 589 | 61 | 19.9 |
| 2006 | 606 | 55 | 18.4 |
| 2005 | 657 | 47 | 16.3 |
| 2004 | 551 | 57 | 19.9 |
| 2003 | 799 | 33 | 11.8 |
| 2002 | 998 | 22 | 8.2 |
| 2001 | 1238 | 16 | 6.0 |
| 2000 | 897 | 24 | 8.8 |
| 1999 | 780 | 29 | 10.3 |
| 1998 | 787 | 29 | 10.0 |
| 1997 | 527 | 50 | 17.1 |
| 1996 | 462 | 62 | 20.9 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Bianca in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2002. First recorded in 1958. Her peak year there: 2007, at 202.1 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Bianca per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2007 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Bianca
1 in 3,725 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Bianca.
1 in 778 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Bianca.
1 in 14,071 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Bianca.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Alessia.
1 in 1,921 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Bianca.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Bianca.
1 in 1,760 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Bianca.
1 in 471 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Bianca.
1 in 1,760 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Bianca.
1 in 2,222 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Bianca.
1 in 782 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Bianca.
Middle names for Bianca
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Bianca Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials BC
Changes the beat after Bianca: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Bianca Sophie
3-2 beats · initials BS
Changes the beat after Bianca: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Bianca Grace
3-1 beats · initials BG
Changes the beat after Bianca: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Bianca Olivia
3-4 beats · initials BO · Bianca slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Bianca: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Bianca slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Bianca Mia
3-2 beats · initials BM
Changes the beat after Bianca: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Bianca Ruby
3-2 beats · initials BR
Changes the beat after Bianca: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Bianca Rose
3-1 beats · initials BR
Changes the beat after Bianca: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 173 in Northern Ireland
Bianca Nora
3-2 beats · initials BN
Changes the beat after Bianca: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Bianca
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 1,415 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Bianca across countries and decades.
1 in 1,583 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Bianca across countries and decades.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Bianca across countries and decades.
1 in 1,625 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Bianca across countries and decades.
1 in 1,921 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Bianca across countries and decades.
1 in 606 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Bianca across countries and decades.
1 in 1,760 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Bianca across countries and decades.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Bianca across countries and decades.
Famous people named Bianca
Bianca Andreescu, Bianca Lawson, Bianca Belair, Bianca Maria Visconti, Bianca Knight, Bianca Jagger, Bianca Kajlich and Bianca Ryan.
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Canadian tennis player born 2000
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American actress born 1979
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American professional wrestler born 1989
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Duchess of Milan from 1450 to 1468 1425 to 1468
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American sprinter born 1989
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Nicaraguan-British human rights activist and socialite born 1945
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American actress born 1977
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American singer born 1994
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Bianca
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Bianca?
Her best rank is No. 13 in Italy in 2024, about 1 in 96 girls. She is in the published lists of 15 of our 40 regions.
What does Bianca mean?
Wiktionary glosses Bianca as "white".
How do you pronounce Bianca?
bee-AHNG-kuh, with 3 syllables.
Is Bianca getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 8 of 15 regions, falling in 5.
Which sister names go with Bianca?
The deck's top five sisters for Bianca: Chiara, Gabriella, Alessandra, Alicia and Anastasia. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.