# List of the most common passwords

This is a list of the most common passwords, discovered in various data breaches. Common passwords generally are not recommended on account of low password strength.

## List
### NordPass

NordPass, a password manager, has released its sixth annual list of the 200 most common passwords, highlighting persistent trends in password selection. The top twenty most frequently used passwords are:
Top 20 most common passwords according to NordPass RankPassword 1123456 2123456789 312345678 4password 5qwerty123 6qwerty1 7111111 812345 9secret 10123123 11abc123 12password1 13letmein 141q2w3e4r 15monkey 16qwerty 17123qwe 181234 19iloveyou 20123321 SplashData The Worst Passwords List is an annual list of the 25 most common passwords from each year as produced by internet security firm SplashData. Since 2011, the firm has published the list based on data examined from millions of passwords leaked in data breaches, mostly in North America and Western Europe, over each year. In the 2016 edition, the 25 most common passwords made up more than 10% of the surveyed passwords, with the most common password of 2016, "123456", making up 4%. This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: What about years 2020-2024?. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2024) Top 25 most common passwords by year according to SplashData Rank 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1 password password 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 123456 2 123456 123456 password password password password password password 123456789 3 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345 12345678 12345 12345678 123456789 qwerty 4 qwerty abc123 qwerty 12345678 qwerty 12345678 qwerty 12345678 password 5 abc123 qwerty abc123 qwerty 12345 football 12345 12345 1234567 6 monkey monkey 123456789 123456789 123456789 qwerty 123456789 111111 12345678 7 1234567 letmein 111111 1234 football 1234567890 letmein 1234567 12345 8 letmein dragon 1234567 baseball 1234 1234567 1234567 sunshine iloveyou 9 trustno1 111111 iloveyou dragon 1234567 princess football qwerty 111111 10 dragon baseball adobe123 football baseball 1234 iloveyou iloveyou 123123 11 baseball iloveyou 123123 1234567 welcome login admin princess abc123 12 111111 trustno1 admin monkey 1234567890 welcome welcome admin qwerty123 13 iloveyou 1234567 1234567890 letmein abc123 solo monkey welcome 1q2w3e4r 14 master sunshine letmein abc123 111111 abc123 login 666666 admin 15 sunshine master photoshop 111111 1qaz2wsx admin abc123 abc123 qwertyuiop 16 ashley 123123 1234 mustang dragon 121212 starwars football 654321 17 bailey welcome monkey access master flower 123123 123123 555555 18 passw0rd shadow shadow shadow monkey passw0rd dragon monkey lovely 19 shadow ashley sunshine master letmein dragon passw0rd 654321 7777777 20 123123 football 12345 michael login sunshine master !@#$%^&* welcome 21 654321 jesus password1 superman princess master hello charlie 888888 22 superman michael princess 696969 qwertyuiop hottie freedom aa123456 princess 23 qazwsx ninja azerty 123123 solo loveme whatever donald dragon 24 michael mustang trustno1 batman passw0rd zaq1zaq1 qazwsx password1 password1 25 Football password1 000000 trustno1 starwars password1 trustno1 qwerty123 123qwe Keeper Password manager Keeper compiled its own list of the 25 most common passwords in 2016, from 25 million passwords leaked in data breaches that year. Top 25 most common passwords according to Keeper Rank 2016 1 123456 2 123456789 3 qwerty 4 12345678 5 111111 6 1234567890 7 1234567 8 password 9 123123 10 987654321 11 qwertyuiop 12 mynoob 13 123321 14 666666 15 18atcskd2w 16 7777777 17 1q2w3e4r 18 654321 19 555555 20 3rjs1la7qe 21 google 22 1q2w3e4r5t 23 123qwe 24 zxcvbnm 25 1q2w3e National Cyber Security Centre The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) compiled its own list of the 20 most common passwords in 2019, from 100 million passwords leaked in data breaches that year. Top 20 most common passwords according to NCSC Rank 2019 1 123456 2 123456789 3 qwerty 4 password 5 1111111 6 12345678 7 abc123 8 1234567 9 password1 10 12345 11 1234567890 12 123123 13 000000 14 Iloveyou 15 1234 16 1q2w3e4r5t 17 Qwertyuiop 18 123 19 Monkey 20 Dragon See also Password cracking Wikipedia:10,000 most common passwords Notes 1 2 The presence of "adobe123" and "photoshop" on 2013's list was skewed by the large number of Adobe passwords included in the collected data due to a major security breach in 2013 that affected over 48 million Adobe users. References ↑ Titcomb, James (March 23, 2016). "Do you have one of the most common passwords? They're ridiculously easy to guess". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 1, 2017. ↑ "Top 200 Most Common Passwords". NordPass. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025. ↑ Mastroianni, Brian (January 20, 2016). "These were the 25 worst passwords of 2015". CBS News. 1 2 Bruner, Raisa (January 23, 2017). "The 25 Worst Passwords You Should Never Use". TIME. ↑ Ho, Erica (November 22, 2011). "The 25 Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords of 2011". TIME. ↑ Waxman, Olivia B. (October 25, 2012). "The 25 worst passwords of 2012". CNN. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012. 1 2 Newman, Jared (January 20, 2014). "The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned". PC World. ↑ Waxman, Olivia (January 20, 2015). "These Are The 25 Worst Passwords of 2014". TIME. ↑ Chang, Lulu (January 19, 2016). "Wookie mistake: 'starwars' is now one of the world's 25 worst passwords". Digital Trends. ↑ Korosec, Kirsten (December 19, 2017). "The 25 Most Common Passwords of 2017 Include 'Star Wars'". FORTUNE. ↑ Ehrenkranz, Melanie (December 13, 2018). "The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2018 Will Make You Feel Like a Security Genius". Gizmodo. ↑ Keck, Catie (December 18, 2019). "It's Time to Nervously Mock the 50 Worst Passwords of the Year". Gizmodo. ↑ Kelly, Heather (January 22, 2014). "'123456' tops list of worst passwords". CNN. 1 2 McGoogan, Cara (January 16, 2017). "The world's most common passwords revealed: Are you using them?". The Daily Telegraph. 1 2 "NCSC Reveals List Of World's Most Hacked Passwords". Forbes. Retrieved November 6, 2023. External links Skullsecurity list of breached password collections Have I Been Pwned list of passwords that have appeared in data breaches, hosted by NCSC :
| Rank | Password |
| 1 | 123456 |
| 2 | 123456789 |
| 3 | 12345678 |
| 4 | password |
| 5 | qwerty123 |
| 6 | qwerty1 |
| 7 | 111111 |
| 8 | 12345 |
| 9 | secret |
| 10 | 123123 |
| 11 | abc123 |
| 12 | password1 |
| 13 | letmein |
| 14 | 1q2w3e4r |
| 15 | monkey |
| 16 | qwerty |
| 17 | 123qwe |
| 18 | 1234 |
| 19 | iloveyou |
| 20 | 123321 |