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Girl · Name family

Constance

263,177births recorded
18Countries
7Variants
1927Peak · British Columbia
#19Portugal 2023

Constance is a girl name family recorded 263,177 times in 18 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Portugal (#19 in 2023). Its all-time peak was in British Columbia in 1927, at 283.0 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Constanza (Chile, Argentina), Konstancja (Poland), Constança (Portugal).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Constance

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Constance English 140,394 🇺🇸 United States #1500 1950 ▲ 10 %
Constance English 29,175 🇫🇷 France #72 2025 ▲ 32 %
Constance English 5,370 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1932 –
Constance English 4,246 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #369 2016 ▼ 27 %
Constance English 983 🇨🇦 Québec #185 2022 ▶ 1 %
Constance English 776 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1927 –
Constanza Spanish 42,733 🇨🇱 Chile – 2001 –
Constanza Spanish 30,931 🇦🇷 Argentina #169 2006 ▶ 1 %
Constanza Spanish 928 🇺🇸 United States #4172 2014 ▼ 13 %
Constanza Spanish 423 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) #83 2007 ▲ 39 %
Constanza Spanish 5 🇫🇷 France – 2020 –
Konstancja Polish 2,306 🇵🇱 Poland #154 2020 ▲ 4 %
Constança Catalan 1,600 🇵🇹 Portugal #19 2021 –
Constança Catalan 20 🇨🇭 Switzerland #788 2022 –
Constança Catalan 20 🇫🇷 France #4332 2025 –
Constancia Spanish 1,017 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1923 –
Constancia Spanish 109 🇺🇸 United States – 1930 –
Constancia Spanish 10 🇫🇷 France – 1924 –
Costanza Italian 571 🇦🇷 Argentina #2305 2006 ▼ 66 %
Costanza Italian 10 🇫🇷 France – 2019 –
Costanza Italian 5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2001 –
Konstance English 364 🇺🇸 United States #11932 2009 ▼ 34 %

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in British Columbia correlates closely with Constance's.

  1. 1Darlene
  2. 2Bruce
  3. 3Judith
  4. 4Harold
  5. 5Barbara
  6. 6Donna

How we grouped these names

  • Constance ↔ Constanza — checked by hand
  • Constance ↔ Costanza — checked by hand
  • Constance ↔ Constança — checked by hand
  • Constance ↔ Konstancja — Wikidata “said to be the same as”
  • Constance ↔ Constancia — Wikidata “said to be the same as”
  • Constance ↔ Konstance — spelling variant

Questions about Constance

How popular is the name Constance?

In 2023 it ranked #19 in Portugal. Official registers record 263,177 births across 18 countries.

What is Constance in other languages?

Constanza (Spanish); Konstancja (Polish); Constança (Catalan); Constancia (Spanish); Costanza (Italian); Konstance (English).

When was Constance most popular?

It peaked in British Columbia in 1927, at 283.0 births per 100,000.

Is Constance a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Constance is a girl name.