How Many People Are Named Constance?

79,622

people named Constance are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 4,292 people in the US has this name

Based on 140,394 babies named Constance in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#659

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#346

See the top 100

Peak Year

1950

4,451 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English, French
Pronunciation: KAHN-stənts (English), KAWNS-TAHNS (French)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Medieval form of CONSTANTIA. The Normans introduced this name to England (it was the name of a daughter of William the Conqueror).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

ConstanzeKonstanzeConstantiaKonstancjaConstançaConstânciaConstanțaConstanzaConnieConstantiusKostandinKonstantinKostaKostadinConstantijn

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.8%
Male
0.2%

Almost all of the babies given the name Constance (99.8%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Constance alive today is about 65 years old, and 74% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 77 in 2025.

Under 30 4,818
6.1%
30 to 59 16,261
20.4%
60 and over 58,543
73.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Constance first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1950, to 4,451 babies. In 2025, 142 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Constance never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #83, in 1949, and it was in the top 100 in 9 years between 1932 and 1953. In 2025 it ranked #1,501.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,501
Best rank#83 (1949)
Years in the top 1009 (1932 to 1953)
Rank in its biggest decade#127 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Constance alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Constance were born in New York than in any other state: about 7,016 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Constance was given 3 times as often in Maine, 2.6 times in New Hampshire and 2.2 times in Rhode Island.

New York 7,016
Pennsylvania 6,354
Ohio 5,865
California 4,793
Illinois 4,768
Michigan 4,227
Texas 2,481
New Jersey 2,389
Massachusetts 2,229
Florida 2,125
Wisconsin 2,018
Indiana 2,015
Virginia 2,013
Georgia 1,992
Minnesota 1,819
North Carolina 1,733
Missouri 1,692
Maryland 1,577
Louisiana 1,501
Tennessee 1,422
Alabama 1,331
Iowa 1,296
Washington 1,074
Kentucky 1,009
South Carolina 900
Kansas 854
Connecticut 832
Maine 826
Mississippi 810
West Virginia 774
District of Columbia 758
Nebraska 670
Colorado 659
Oregon 493
Oklahoma 492
Rhode Island 423
Arkansas 420
New Hampshire 406
South Dakota 381
North Dakota 346
Delaware 289
Arizona 282
Montana 233
New Mexico 139
Vermont 138
Hawaii 124
Idaho 120
Utah 115
Wyoming 67
Alaska 19
Nevada 13

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