Girl
Constance
Latin for 'constancy' or 'steadfastness,' this name fit naturally alongside the Puritan virtue-naming tradition, though it predates it by centuries. It has not kept pace since its 1950s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share.
LatinLatin "constantia" – constancy, steadfastness
RomanFrom Roman name Constantius, "one who stands firm"
Births by decade
1900s
1,538
1910s
6,453
1920s
15,634
1930s
19,994
1940s
30,002
1950s
33,597
1960s
14,703
1970s
4,846
1980s
5,746
1990s
2,893
2000s
1,865
2010s
1,120
Peaked in the 1950s · 138,391 total U.S. births since 1900