Constanza
Feminine · “steadfast”
Constanza comes from the Latin for standing firm, and it belonged to a Sicilian queen whose late marriage changed the map of Europe.
How old is the name Constanza?
Constanza first appears in US birth records in 1959 — 66 years ago. The typical Constanza is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Constanza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Constanza most popular?
Constanza peaked in 2014, reaching #3080 nationally. Today it ranks #4172, 1,092 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From constans to Constanza
The story of Constanza
Constance of Sicily was the last of the Norman line, married at thirty-two to the Hohenstaufen heir, and their son Frederick II inherited Sicily and the Empire together — an event that shaped thirteenth-century Europe. The name was well used in medieval Europe and Spanish and Italian give Constanza and Costanza. It reaches American records with Spanish-speaking and Italian families.
Meaning
steadfast, constant
From Latin constans, standing firm, on stare, to stand; the same root gives constant, stance and circumstance. Constantia is the abstract noun and the name is taken from it directly.
How the name formed
- constans
- Constantia
- Constanza
Related forms: Constanza · Costanza · Constance
Pronouncing Constanza
kons-TAHN-sah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Every letter is sounded in Spanish.
Nicknames for Constanza
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1959
- Most girls named
- 201454 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3080reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +41.7%34 in 2025, from 24
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Constanza in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Constanza in Spanish — same name
- Costanza in Italian — same name
- Constance in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Constanzas among us
people named Constanza are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 47,273 born in 2025 was named Constanza
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Cymone test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Constanza's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cymone climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cymone's path sketches the road Constanza is walking now.
Constanza sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Constanza is headed
Constanza should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Constanza beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Constanza in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Latin meaning that is plain and easy to explain.
- Coni and Connie are both warm short forms in two languages.
- A documented queen with a genuinely consequential story behind her.
- Nine letters and three syllables is a great deal for early handwriting.
- Constance is the English form and will be assumed by some.
- Constanza and Costanza mark Spanish and Italian and are both used.
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Frequently asked
- How many Constanzas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Constanza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Constanza in 2025?
- Constanza ranks #4172 among US girl names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Constanza?
- About 1 in every 47,273 US girls born in 2025 was named Constanza — 34 in all.
- Will my child share the name Constanza with classmates?
- Constanza will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Constanza
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