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
- Peak · girls
- 1949 · 4,327 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 139,975since 1880
Constance over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,500 | 142 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,630 | 127 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,656 | 125 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,830 | 110 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,559 | 135 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,898 | 105 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,685 | 123 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,591 | 137 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,496 | 152 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,540 | 144 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,602 | 134 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,900 | 105 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,396 | 165 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,577 | 138 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,489 | 151 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,374 | 173 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,286 | 193 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,292 | 189 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,173 | 207 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,227 | 185 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,127 | 202 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,177 | 183 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,129 | 184 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,225 | 165 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,098 | 187 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,000 | 205 | — | |
| 1998 | #936 | 220 | — | |
| 1997 | #911 | 220 | — | |
| 1996 | #840 | 237 | — | |
| 1995 | #746 | 273 | — | |
| 1994 | #836 | 240 | — | |
| 1993 | #700 | 306 | — | |
| 1992 | #655 | 341 | — | |
| 1991 | #600 | 375 | — | |
| 1990 | #506 | 475 | — | |
| 1989 | #483 | 488 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #445 | 509 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #403 | 564 | — | |
| 1986 | #383 | 604 | — | |
| 1985 | #421 | 522 | — | |
| 1984 | #389 | 564 | — | |
| 1983 | #354 | 639 | — | |
| 1982 | #312 | 780 | — | |
| 1981 | #333 | 715 | — | |
| 1980 | #538 | 350 | — | |
| 1979 | #544 | 344 | — | |
| 1978 | #517 | 360 | — | |
| 1977 | #497 | 383 | — | |
| 1976 | #511 | 347 | — | |
| 1975 | #449 | 436 | — | |
| 1974 | #427 | 457 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #402 | 495 | — | |
| 1972 | #381 | 562 | — | |
| 1971 | #365 | 652 | — | |
| 1970 | #327 | 805 | — | |
| 1969 | #306 | 873 | — | |
| 1968 | #262 | 1,033 | — | |
| 1967 | #235 | 1,233 | — | |
| 1966 | #210 | 1,467 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #186 | 1,836 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #220 | 1,548 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #215 | 1,583 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #210 | 1,650 | — | |
| 1961 | #204 | 1,706 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #201 | 1,731 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #193 | 1,842 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #183 | 2,000 | — | |
| 1957 | #154 | 2,418 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #141 | 2,816 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #118 | 3,662 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #111 | 3,836 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #95 | 4,030 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #92 | 4,117 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #86 | 4,367 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #85 | 4,441 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #83 | 4,327 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #93 | 3,811 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #100 | 3,894 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #100 | 3,419 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #109 | 2,601 | — | |
| 1944 | #104 | 2,634 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #109 | 2,554 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #116 | 2,358 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #114 | 2,275 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #124 | 2,039 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #123 | 2,009 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #117 | 2,161 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #118 | 2,029 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #133 | 1,697 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #125 | 1,804 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #117 | 1,975 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #105 | 2,193 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #99 | 2,492 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #118 | 2,073 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #147 | 1,463 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #159 | 1,326 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #162 | 1,319 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #155 | 1,521 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #146 | 1,669 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #152 | 1,654 | — | |
| 1924 | #154 | 1,655 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #150 | 1,687 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #149 | 1,676 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #149 | 1,686 | — | |
| 1920 | #165 | 1,377 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #182 | 1,078 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #198 | 971 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #207 | 845 | — | |
| 1916 | #213 | 811 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #220 | 728 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #211 | 600 | — | |
| 1913 | #225 | 458 | — | |
| 1912 | #233 | 375 | — | |
| 1911 | #228 | 298 | — | |
| 1910 | #238 | 261 | — | |
| 1909 | #247 | 206 | — | |
| 1908 | #230 | 214 | — | |
| 1907 | #241 | 194 | — | |
| 1906 | #253 | 167 | — | |
| 1905 | #255 | 163 | — | |
| 1904 | #280 | 127 | — | |
| 1903 | #256 | 144 | — | |
| 1902 | #290 | 117 | — | |
| 1901 | #309 | 94 | — | |
| 1900 | #316 | 112 | — | |
| 1899 | #281 | 106 | — | |
| 1898 | #343 | 82 | — | |
| 1897 | #320 | 82 | — | |
| 1896 | #337 | 75 | — | |
| 1895 | #305 | 90 | — | |
| 1894 | #351 | 62 | — | |
| 1893 | #350 | 60 | — | |
| 1892 | #338 | 60 | — | |
| 1891 | #377 | 44 | — | |
| 1890 | #373 | 45 | — | |
| 1889 | #353 | 46 | — | |
| 1888 | #366 | 43 | — | |
| 1887 | #354 | 37 | — | |
| 1886 | #356 | 36 | — | |
| 1885 | #365 | 31 | — | |
| 1884 | #368 | 29 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #377 | 22 | — | |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 | — | |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1949 at #83 (4,327 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1946–1953
- Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1999
- 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
- 24.0% of all girls named Constance (33,529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 290 | #353 (1889) | #389 |
| 1890s | 706 | #281 (1899) | #338 |
| 1900s | 1,538 | #230 (1908) | #268 |
| 1910s | 6,425 | #182 (1919) | #216 |
| 1920s | 15,570 | #146 (1926) | #154 |
| 1930s | 19,896 | #99 (1932) | #120 |
| 1940s | 29,912 | #83 (1949) | #105 |
| 1950s | 33,529 | #85 (1950) | #126 |
| 1960s | 14,660 | #186 (1965) | #225 |
| 1970s | 4,841 | #327 (1970) | #442 |
| 1980s | 5,735 | #312 (1982) | #406 |
| 1990s | 2,892 | #506 (1990) | #773 |
| 2000s | 1,868 | #1,098 (2000) | #1,211 |
| 2010s | 1,354 | #1,396 (2012) | #1,617 |
| 2020s | 759 | #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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 460 of them was named Constance, which outranked 98.2% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 232,003 of them was named Constance, which outranked 27.4% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,690Ygnacio8
- #2,690Zachariah8
- #2,690Zollie8
- #2,919Constance7
- #2,919Achille7
- #2,919Alban7
- #2,919Alberta7
- #3,173Ab6
- #3,173Abbey6
- #3,173Abdul6
Tied with 253 names at #2,919; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.