Constant — boys' name
360 babies named Constant in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Constant was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Constant in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Constant
The Social Security Administration has registered 360 babies named Constant between 1911 and 2020, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Constant currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Constant is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 1959.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Constant performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Constant shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Constant in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Constant in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 360 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Constant at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Constant popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1911
- Peak year (1918)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
360 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 20 births in a single year.
Constant popularity over time — girls
26 total births recorded since 1959 (Constant as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Constant accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Constant by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 128 births that decade — 36% of Constant's all-time total
Constant decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Constant's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Constant by state
Where Constant concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 360 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.