| Bianca | Belinda | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | White | Beautiful (disputed) |
| Origin | Italian | italian |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | bee-AHN-kuh | buh-LIN-duh |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 1905 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1991 (3,844) | 1961 (3,120) |
| In 2025 | 594 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Bianca | Belinda |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 4,106 | 755 |
| 2010s | 9,293 | 2,127 |
| 2000s | 18,914 | 2,651 |
| 1990s | 28,558 | 2,373 |
| 1980s | 12,462 | 5,348 |
| 1970s | 3,041 | 12,488 |
| 1960s | 560 | 22,944 |
| 1950s | 324 | 20,941 |
| 1940s | 73 | 2,863 |
| 1930s | 33 | 219 |
| 1920s | 95 | 108 |
| 1910s | 89 | 83 |
| 1900s | 16 | 32 |
| 1890s | 0 | 23 |
| 1880s | 0 | 5 |
From the Italian, “white,” a symbol of purity.
HEDGE: origin uncertain. Commonly explained as coined from Italian bella 'beautiful' plus a suffix, which is why it is read as 'beautiful'. An alternative traces it to Old High German Betlinde, with a second element lind 'soft/tender' or possibly 'serpent/linden', in which case 'beautiful' would be folk-etymology.
Bianca is more popular than Belinda today: about 594 US babies were given the name Bianca in 2025, compared with 0 named Belinda.
Bianca means White (Italian origin), while Belinda means Beautiful (disputed) (italian origin).
In US records, Bianca first appears in 1905 and Belinda in 0, so Belinda has the longer recorded history.