Constance

#1,500 for girls in 2025, 142 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1949 · 4,327 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
9 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
139,975
since 1880

Constance over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #83, 1949girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,500142
2024#1,630127
2023#1,656125
2022#1,731120
2021#1,830110
2020#1,559135
2019#1,898105
2018#1,685123
2017#1,591137
2016#1,496152
2015#1,540144
2014#1,602134
2013#1,900105
2012#1,396165
2011#1,577138
2010#1,489151
2009#1,374173
2008#1,286193
2007#1,292189
2006#1,173207
2005#1,227185
2004#1,127202
2003#1,177183
2002#1,129184
2001#1,225165
2000#1,098187
1999#1,000205
1998#936220
1997#911220
1996#840237
1995#746273
1994#836240
1993#700306
1992#655341
1991#600375
1990#506475
1989#483488#7,9055
1988#445509#5,7517
1987#403564
1986#383604
1985#421522
1984#389564
1983#354639
1982#312780
1981#333715
1980#538350
1979#544344
1978#517360
1977#497383
1976#511347
1975#449436
1974#427457#5,2275
1973#402495
1972#381562
1971#365652
1970#327805
1969#306873
1968#2621,033
1967#2351,233
1966#2101,467#2,7849
1965#1861,836#2,9828
1964#2201,548#4,0395
1963#2151,583#3,6466
1962#2101,650
1961#2041,706#3,3567
1960#2011,731#2,8719
1959#1931,842#3,2907
1958#1832,000
1957#1542,418#3,9935
1956#1412,816#3,9425
1955#1183,662#3,2017
1954#1113,836#3,4526
1953#954,030#2,9058
1952#924,117#2,07314
1951#864,367#2,8448
1950#854,441#2,43810
1949#834,327#2,6069
1948#933,811#2,44310
1947#1003,894#2,07614
1946#1003,419#2,9197
1945#1092,601
1944#1042,634#2,30910
1943#1092,554#2,7328
1942#1162,358#1,86715
1941#1142,275#1,99713
1940#1242,039#2,4789
1939#1232,009#1,87914
1938#1172,161#3,1756
1937#1182,029#2,6808
1936#1331,697#3,1476
1935#1251,804#1,83715
1934#1171,975#2,39310
1933#1052,193#2,21411
1932#992,492#1,84816
1931#1182,073#3,0957
1930#1471,463#3,2897
1929#1591,326#2,19913
1928#1621,319#3,6976
1927#1551,521#2,9129
1926#1461,669#2,56611
1925#1521,654
1924#1541,655#3,5057
1923#1501,687#4,2395
1922#1491,676#3,2528
1921#1491,686
1920#1651,377#3,8156
1919#1821,078#3,3917
1918#198971#3,7286
1917#207845
1916#213811#2,54310
1915#220728#3,8255
1914#211600
1913#225458
1912#233375
1911#228298
1910#238261
1909#247206
1908#230214
1907#241194
1906#253167
1905#255163
1904#280127
1903#256144
1902#290117
1901#30994
1900#316112
1899#281106
1898#34382
1897#32082
1896#33775
1895#30590
1894#35162
1893#35060
1892#33860
1891#37744
1890#37345
1889#35346
1888#36643
1887#35437
1886#35636
1885#36531
1884#36829
1883#46517
1882#37722
1881#44714
1880#43515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Constance was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.

See more about Constance
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 130 spots since 2024 (#1,630#1,500)
  • 59 spots since 2020 (#1,559#1,500)
  • 40 spots since 2015 (#1,540#1,500)
  • Biggest jump: 205 spots in 1981 (#538#333)
  • Biggest drop: 136 spots in 1994 (#700#836)
Rise & fade · girls
69 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1949 at #83 (4,327 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1946–1953
  • Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 386
  • Highest: 1 in 386 girls born in 1950 were named Constance (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,319 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #83 in 1949, was only 1 in 395 (0.25%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 24.0% of all girls named Constance (33,529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s290#353 (1889)#389
1890s706#281 (1899)#338
1900s1,538#230 (1908)#268
1910s6,425#182 (1919)#216
1920s15,570#146 (1926)#154
1930s19,896#99 (1932)#120
1940s29,912#83 (1949)#105
1950s33,529#85 (1950)#126
1960s14,660#186 (1965)#225
1970s4,841#327 (1970)#442
1980s5,735#312 (1982)#406
1990s2,892#506 (1990)#773
2000s1,868#1,098 (2000)#1,211
2010s1,354#1,396 (2012)#1,617
2020s759#1,500 (2025)#1,651

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Constance in 1919

girls
#182
1,078 births · 1 in 1,048 girls
boys
#3,391
7 births · 1 in 140,017 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #182Constance1,078

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #3,391Constance7
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 1,048 of them was named Constance, which outranked 96.7% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Constance
  1. #179Nettie1,109
  2. #180Antoinette1,090
  3. #181Amelia1,085
  4. #182Constance1,078
  5. #183Katie1,073
  6. #184Jeannette1,068
  7. #184Regina1,068
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 140,017 of them was named Constance, which outranked 29.5% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Constance
  1. #3,115Wirt8
  2. #3,115Ysabel8
  3. #3,115Zachariah8
  4. #3,391Constance7
  5. #3,391Abb7
  6. #3,391Adalberto7
  7. #3,391Agee7
  8. #3,736Achilles6
  9. #3,736Ade6
  10. #3,736Akio6

Tied with 344 names at #3,391; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919