Girls' name · since 1880
Constance
Constance has 139,975 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,500 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139,975
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Constance currently ranks #1500 among girls' names in America, with 139,975 babies recorded since 1880.
Constance has 139,975 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1500 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #290 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,500 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 139,975 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Constance ranks #290 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,500 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 139,975 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,500 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139,975
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Constance's 139,975 recorded births place it above 99.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Constance compares
139,975 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Constance's all-time total is 372x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Constance | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 139,975 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 4,441 | 21 | 19,840 |
Constance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Constance splits its recorded history at 1953: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1881 (14 births) -- compare that against the 1950 peak of 4,441 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Constance popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1950)
- 4,441
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Constance popularity over time - boys
419 total births recorded since 1915 (Constance as boys' name)
Constance by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (33,529 births, 24% of the file).
1950s was Constance's strongest decade.
33,529 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Constance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 290
1880s
290 births
- 1890s 706
1890s
706 births
- 1900s 1,538
1900s
1,538 births
- 1910s 6,425
1910s
6,425 births
- 1920s
1920s
15,570 births
- 1930s
1930s
19,896 births
- 1940s
1940s
29,912 births
- 1950s
1950s
33,529 births
- 1960s
1960s
14,660 births
- 1970s 4,841
1970s
4,841 births
- 1980s 5,735
1980s
5,735 births
- 1990s 2,892
1990s
2,892 births
- 2000s 1,868
2000s
1,868 births
- 2010s 1,354
2010s
1,354 births
- 2020s 759
2020s
759 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 33,529 births (24% of all-time use).
How Constance compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Constance's total volume
Constance by state
Where Constance concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 14,950 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 12,039 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 9,207 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 8,204 | 5.9% |
| #5 | California | | 7,363 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 7,164 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 6,813 | 4.9% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5,011 | 3.6% |
14,950 of 139,975 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Constance appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Constance's data
- Constance's decade-level peak was the 1950s (33,529 total births); usage has since declined to 759 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Constances (14,950 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Constance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Constance draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.