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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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 1934

girls
#117
1,975 births · 1 in 529 girls
boys
#2,393
10 births · 1 in 103,260 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #117Constance1,975

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #2,393Constance10
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 529 of them was named Constance, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Constance
  1. #114Maxine2,018
  2. #115Maria1,990
  3. #116Lillie1,977
  4. #117Constance1,975
  5. #118Ida1,972
  6. #119Sue1,933
  7. #120Agnes1,932
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 103,260 of them was named Constance, which outranked 43.1% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Constance
  1. #2,266Yoshio11
  2. #2,266Yukio11
  3. #2,266Zachary11
  4. #2,393Constance10
  5. #2,393Abbott10
  6. #2,393Addie10
  7. #2,393Alger10
  8. #2,563Abelino9
  9. #2,563Abie9
  10. #2,563Acey9

Tied with 169 names at #2,393; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934