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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #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.

Where Constance is popular in 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1904

girls
#280
127 births · 1 in 2,168 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #280Constance127
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 2,168 of them was named Constance, which outranked 87.1% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Constance
  1. #277Dovie129
  2. #278Janet128
  3. #278Reba128
  4. #280Constance127
  5. #280Corinne127
  6. #282Lorraine126
  7. #282Zella126
  8. #284Dessie125

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

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

See the top 100 for 1904 →