Constance
Girl · KON-stans · Latin
Constance is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “constancy, steadfastness”. In 2025 it ranked 407th for girls in the UK (116 babies) and 1,500th for girls in the US (142 babies).
What does Constance mean?
Latin: from Latin constantia, via French
“constancy, steadfastness”
The Normans brought the name to England; a daughter of William the Conqueror was called Constance.
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Is Constance a girl's or a boy's name?
Constance is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 116 girls in the UK and 142 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Constance in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #407among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 116about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 116 girls in the UK were named Constance, making it the 407th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 395th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 223 girls.
Half of all the girls named Constance in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 369th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#41), 1914 (#44), 1924 (#45) and 1934 (#86).
Constance in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #407 |
| 2024 | 105 | #449 |
| 2023 | 133 | #361 |
| 2022 | 115 | #416 |
| 2021 | 130 | #387 |
| 2020 | 124 | #395 |
| 2019 | 188 | #287 |
| 2018 | 183 | #292 |
| 2017 | 177 | #301 |
| 2016 | 223 | #254 |
| 2015 | 204 | #268 |
| 2014 | 182 | #288 |
| 2013 | 185 | #280 |
| 2012 | 193 | #286 |
| 2011 | 177 | #308 |
| 2010 | 182 | #290 |
| 2009 | 148 | #338 |
| 2008 | 190 | #279 |
| 2007 | 182 | #291 |
| 2006 | 147 | #329 |
| 2005 | 166 | #293 |
| 2004 | 120 | #354 |
| 2003 | 100 | #406 |
| 2002 | 108 | #356 |
| 2001 | 119 | #327 |
| 2000 | 107 | #349 |
| 1999 | 113 | #329 |
| 1998 | 96 | #378 |
| 1997 | 111 | #343 |
| 1996 | 120 | #327 |
How popular is Constance in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,500among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 142about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 142 girls in the US were named Constance, making it the 1,500th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,559th. Its busiest year was 1950, with 4,441 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Constance than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Constance in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 149 girls in the US were given Constance or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,282, up from #1,500 for this spelling alone.
- Constance 142
- Konstance 7
Constance in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,500 |
| 2024 | 127 | #1,630 |
| 2023 | 125 | #1,656 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,731 |
| 2021 | 110 | #1,830 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,559 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2018 | 123 | #1,685 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,591 |
| 2016 | 152 | #1,496 |
| 2015 | 144 | #1,540 |
| 2014 | 134 | #1,602 |
| 2013 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,396 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 151 | #1,489 |
| 2009 | 173 | #1,374 |
| 2008 | 193 | #1,286 |
| 2007 | 189 | #1,292 |
| 2006 | 207 | #1,173 |
| 2005 | 185 | #1,227 |
| 2004 | 202 | #1,126 |
| 2003 | 183 | #1,176 |
| 2002 | 184 | #1,128 |
| 2001 | 165 | #1,224 |
| 2000 | 187 | #1,096 |
| 1999 | 205 | #998 |
| 1998 | 220 | #935 |
| 1997 | 220 | #910 |
| 1996 | 237 | #840 |
| 1995 | 273 | #745 |
| 1994 | 240 | #835 |
| 1993 | 306 | #700 |
| 1992 | 341 | #655 |
| 1991 | 375 | #600 |
| 1990 | 475 | #505 |
| 1989 | 488 | #483 |
| 1988 | 509 | #445 |
| 1987 | 564 | #403 |
| 1986 | 604 | #383 |
| 1985 | 522 | #421 |
| 1984 | 564 | #389 |
| 1983 | 639 | #354 |
| 1982 | 780 | #312 |
| 1981 | 715 | #333 |
| 1980 | 350 | #538 |
| 1979 | 344 | #544 |
| 1978 | 360 | #517 |
| 1977 | 383 | #497 |
| 1976 | 347 | #511 |
| 1975 | 436 | #449 |
| 1974 | 457 | #427 |
| 1973 | 495 | #402 |
| 1972 | 562 | #381 |
| 1971 | 652 | #365 |
| 1970 | 805 | #327 |
| 1969 | 873 | #306 |
| 1968 | 1,033 | #262 |
| 1967 | 1,233 | #235 |
| 1966 | 1,467 | #210 |
| 1965 | 1,836 | #186 |
| 1964 | 1,548 | #220 |
| 1963 | 1,583 | #215 |
| 1962 | 1,650 | #210 |
| 1961 | 1,706 | #204 |
| 1960 | 1,731 | #201 |
| 1959 | 1,842 | #193 |
| 1958 | 2,000 | #183 |
| 1957 | 2,418 | #154 |
| 1956 | 2,816 | #141 |
| 1955 | 3,662 | #118 |
| 1954 | 3,836 | #111 |
| 1953 | 4,030 | #95 |
| 1952 | 4,117 | #92 |
| 1951 | 4,367 | #86 |
| 1950 | 4,441 | #85 |
| 1949 | 4,327 | #83 |
| 1948 | 3,811 | #93 |
| 1947 | 3,894 | #100 |
| 1946 | 3,419 | #100 |
| 1945 | 2,601 | #109 |
| 1944 | 2,634 | #104 |
| 1943 | 2,554 | #109 |
| 1942 | 2,358 | #116 |
| 1941 | 2,275 | #114 |
| 1940 | 2,039 | #124 |
| 1939 | 2,009 | #123 |
| 1938 | 2,161 | #117 |
| 1937 | 2,029 | #118 |
| 1936 | 1,697 | #133 |
| 1935 | 1,804 | #125 |
| 1934 | 1,975 | #117 |
| 1933 | 2,193 | #105 |
| 1932 | 2,492 | #99 |
| 1931 | 2,073 | #118 |
| 1930 | 1,463 | #147 |
| 1929 | 1,326 | #159 |
| 1928 | 1,319 | #162 |
| 1927 | 1,521 | #155 |
| 1926 | 1,669 | #146 |
| 1925 | 1,654 | #152 |
| 1924 | 1,655 | #154 |
| 1923 | 1,687 | #150 |
| 1922 | 1,676 | #149 |
| 1921 | 1,686 | #149 |
| 1920 | 1,377 | #165 |
| 1919 | 1,078 | #182 |
| 1918 | 971 | #198 |
| 1917 | 845 | #207 |
| 1916 | 811 | #213 |
| 1915 | 728 | #220 |
| 1914 | 600 | #211 |
| 1913 | 458 | #225 |
| 1912 | 375 | #233 |
| 1911 | 298 | #228 |
| 1910 | 261 | #238 |
| 1909 | 206 | #247 |
| 1908 | 214 | #230 |
| 1907 | 194 | #241 |
| 1906 | 167 | #253 |
| 1905 | 163 | #255 |
| 1904 | 127 | #280 |
| 1903 | 144 | #256 |
| 1902 | 117 | #290 |
| 1901 | 94 | #309 |
| 1900 | 112 | #316 |
| 1899 | 106 | #281 |
| 1898 | 82 | #343 |
| 1897 | 82 | #320 |
| 1896 | 75 | #337 |
| 1895 | 90 | #305 |
| 1894 | 62 | #351 |
| 1893 | 60 | #350 |
| 1892 | 60 | #338 |
| 1891 | 44 | #377 |
| 1890 | 45 | #373 |
| 1889 | 46 | #353 |
| 1888 | 43 | #366 |
| 1887 | 37 | #354 |
| 1886 | 36 | #356 |
| 1885 | 31 | #365 |
| 1884 | 29 | #368 |
| 1883 | 17 | #465 |
| 1882 | 22 | #377 |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 |
| 1880 | 15 | #435 |
Nicknames for Constance
- Connie 378 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Constance
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Constance
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