# Constance (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/constance/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Connie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 140,394 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 419 / 139,975 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,246, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from Latin Cōnstantia. Doublet of Constantia.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 138 | 1,578 |
| 2012 | 165 | 1,398 |
| 2013 | 105 | 1,909 |
| 2014 | 134 | 1,607 |
| 2015 | 144 | 1,540 |
| 2016 | 152 | 1,499 |
| 2017 | 137 | 1,594 |
| 2018 | 123 | 1,687 |
| 2019 | 105 | 1,900 |
| 2020 | 135 | 1,562 |
| 2021 | 110 | 1,832 |
| 2022 | 120 | 1,734 |
| 2023 | 125 | 1,657 |
| 2024 | 127 | 1,631 |
| 2025 | 142 | 1,501 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 8 | 2,954 |
| 1954 | 6 | 3,516 |
| 1955 | 7 | 3,253 |
| 1956 | 5 | 4,045 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,091 |
| 1959 | 7 | 3,336 |
| 1960 | 9 | 2,909 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,417 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,717 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,153 |
| 1965 | 8 | 3,029 |
| 1966 | 9 | 2,814 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,358 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,873 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,104 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 170 | 289 |
| 2012 | 186 | 267 |
| 2013 | 178 | 267 |
| 2014 | 170 | 282 |
| 2015 | 195 | 255 |
| 2016 | 209 | 244 |
| 2017 | 170 | 288 |
| 2018 | 174 | 275 |
| 2019 | 181 | 266 |
| 2020 | 120 | 368 |
| 2021 | 124 | 371 |
| 2022 | 105 | 400 |
| 2023 | 126 | 340 |
| 2024 | 99 | 432 |
| 2025 | 116 | 369 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 康斯坦絲 /康斯坦丝
- French: Constance
- German: Konstanze
- Greek: Κωνσταντία
- Italian: Costanza
- Portuguese: Constância

## People named Constance

- Constance Wu, American actress (born 1982)
- Constance of Arles, Frankish Queen
- Constance Bennett, American actress (1904–1965)
- Constance Talmadge, American actress (1898–1973)
- Constance Cummings, American actress (1910–2005)
- Constance, duchess of Brittany, Breton noblewoman, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond
- Constance Zimmer, American actress
- Constance Mayer, French painter
- Constance of Normandy, Duchess of Brittany as wife of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany
- Constance Towers, American actress
- Constance Jablonski, French model
- Constance Marie, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.