Connie
Connie was the 3075th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 1955, when it ranked 35th with 9,975 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 793 places. More babies were named Connie in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Constance · English, Latin
Say it KAH-nee /ˈkɑni/
- Rank in 2025
- #3,075 girls, down 94 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 53girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19559,975 babies
- Total since 1880
- 273,740babies recorded
What does the name Connie mean?
Connie is a pet form of Constance, and less often of Concepción, as Wiktionary notes; for boys it can be short for Conrad, Cornelius or Constantine. Constance comes from Latin constantia 'steadfastness, constancy', from constare 'to stand firm'. Connie was common in the US in the 1940s and 1950s.
cōnstantia (Latin, “steadfastness”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Constance, Constantine, Conrad, Cornelius.
See also: Latin names, virtue names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Connie', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Constance', DMNES (Durham University)
Connie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 6,957 since 1880.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,075 | 53 |
| 2020 | #2,981 | 54 |
| 2010 | #2,174 | 90 |
| 2000 | #1,151 | 176 |
| 1990 | #484 | 505 |
| 1980 | #299 | 836 |
| 1970 | #116 | 3,326 |
| 1960 | #47 | 8,881 |
| 1950 | #44 | 8,145 |
| 1940 | #88 | 2,795 |
| 1930 | #219 | 782 |
| 1920 | #292 | 494 |
| 1910 | #350 | 129 |
| 1900 | #432 | 59 |
| 1890 | #416 | 37 |
| 1880 | #497 | 12 |
How popular is Connie, counting every spelling?
Connie is the most common spelling of a name family that had 53 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 53 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connie | 53 | #3,075 | 245 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Connie?
53 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Connie (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Connie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 158 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Connie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Connie?
About 192,200 people born in the US named Connie are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 61 and 75. That makes Connie a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Connie by state
How common Connie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.5×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Connie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Connie, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Connie · Sibling names for Connie
Connie is also a nickname for Conrad, Constance and Cornelius.
Questions about the name Connie
What does Connie mean?
Connie means “pet form of Constance” (English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Connie?
Connie was the 3075th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 1955, when it ranked 35th with 9,975 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 793 places. More babies were named Connie in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Connie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Connie in the US.
Where is Connie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Connie was most common in California (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and New York.