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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | |
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 2011
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Tennessee#706 · 1 in 3,701
- Alabama#776 · 1 in 3,735
- Virginia#990 · 1 in 6,009
- Indiana#1,009 · 1 in 6,070
- North Carolina#1,150 · 1 in 7,359
Best ever in a state: #12 in Rhode Island, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #706 | 8 | 1 in 3,701 |
| Alabama | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,735 |
| Virginia | #990 | 6 | 1 in 6,009 |
| Indiana | #1,009 | 5 | 1 in 6,070 |
| North Carolina | #1,150 | 6 | 1 in 7,359 |
| Ohio | #1,402 | 5 | 1 in 10,320 |
| Georgia | #1,488 | 5 | 1 in 9,542 |
| California | #1,492 | 18 | 1 in 11,535 |
| New York | #1,596 | 8 | 1 in 11,596 |
| Texas | #1,808 | 11 | 1 in 14,171 |
| Florida | #2,003 | 5 | 1 in 15,904 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| 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 2011
girls
#1,577
138 births · 1 in 12,747 girls
Top girls' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 12,747 of them was named Constance, which outranked 91.9% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Constance
- #1,571Elisha139
- #1,571Leilany139
- #1,571Nikita139
- #1,577Constance138
- #1,577Anissa138
- #1,577Gizelle138
- #1,577Graciela138
- #1,588Delanie137
- #1,588Holland137
- #1,588Makiya137
Tied with 10 names at #1,577; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.