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Bianco

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

White man, white person, through Bianca

Bianco has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 1983. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1988, with 15 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% girls, 11% boys all-time.

Babies named Bianco, 1994

1 in 619,000

Bianco over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Bianco over time

In 1994, Bianco went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19731994

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Bianco: meaning, origin, and history

White man, white person, through Bianca

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bianco means

Bianco belongs to the name family reached through Bianco → Bianca. Its meaning is “white man, white person”.

Origin, language, and formation

Bianco is used in Italian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bianca.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Bianco is pronounced /ˈbjan.ko/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 71 girls were recorded with the name Bianco between 1983 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1988; its best national rank was #5,351 in 1988.

In the United States, 9 boys were recorded with the name Bianco between 1973 and 1973. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1973; its best national rank was #3,474 in 1973.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bianco?

Bianco had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1994, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1994
1 in 619,000
6 of 3,715,972 births
Among girls only
1 in 297,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1994
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
429,287 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bianco sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1994 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 429,287 children born in 1994 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bianco. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Biancos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bianco was born before 1990 — so the typical Bianco is around 35 today.

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
56.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
71
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 56.3% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Bianco rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1988 (15)
Years since peak
37
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,351
1988

Spellings of Bianco

Bianco is not the most common spelling — Bianca is, with 66.9% against Bianco's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bianco around the world

Where Bianco ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1978–1986
    #667
    in 1986

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bianco by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#5,351
1988
Peak year
1988
15 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
71
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,474
1973
Peak year
1973
9 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
1973
All-time count
9
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bianco

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BianceBiannaBianneyBianchaBianciaBianicaBianncaBiaBiakBianccaBianaBiatrizBianiBiatrisBianeyBiannyBiankaBianethBiafraBianetBianacaBiacaBiauncaBiankah

Sibling names for Bianco

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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