List of the most common passwords
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This is a list of the most common passwords, discovered in various data breaches. Common passwords are generally not recommended on account of low password strength.[1]
List
NordPass
In 2025, NordPass, a password manager, released its seventh annual list of the 200 most common passwords.[2] The top twenty most frequently used passwords are:
| Rank | Password | Count of password uses |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 123456 | 21,627,656 |
| 2 | admin | 21,030,012 |
| 3 | 12345678 | 8,274,408 |
| 4 | 123456789 | 5,673,712 |
| 5 | 12345 | 3,950,777 |
| 6 | password | 3,545,119 |
| 7 | Aa123456 | 2,520,728 |
| 8 | 1234567890 | 1,418,939 |
| 9 | Pass@123 | 1,210,039 |
| 10 | admin123 | 1,087,247 |
| 11 | 1234567 | 1,084,354 |
| 12 | 123123 | 1,060,563 |
| 13 | 111111 | 990,391 |
| 14 | 12345678910 | 988,396 |
| 15 | P@ssw0rd | 770,658 |
| 16 | Password | 755,709 |
| 17 | Aa@123456 | 735,141 |
| 18 | admintelecom | 585,620 |
| 19 | Admin@123 | 579,512 |
| 20 | 112233 | 576,908 |
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.[3] 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%.[4]
| Rank | 2011[5] | 2012[6] | 2013[7] | 2014[8] | 2015[9] | 2016[4] | 2017[10] | 2018[11] | 2019[12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[a] | 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[a] | 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.[14]
| Rank | 2016[14] |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 22 | 1q2w3e4r5t |
| 23 | 123qwe |
| 24 | zxcvbnm |
| 25 | 1q2w3e |
National Cyber Security Centre
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) hosts a list, compiled by Troy Hunt of Have I Been Pwned?, of the top 100 thousand passwords leaked in data breaches as of 2019.[15]
| Rank | 2019[15] |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Huntress
The most common passwords of 2026, according to Huntress.[16]
| Rank | Password |
|---|---|
| 1 | 123456 |
| 2 | 123456789 |
| 3 | 12345678 |
| 4 | password |
| 5 | qwerty123 |
| 6 | qwerty1 |
| 7 | 111111 |
| 8 | 12345 |
| 9 | secret |
| 10 | 123123 |
| 11 | 1234567890 |
| 12 | 1234567 |
| 13 | 000000 |
| 14 | qwerty |
| 15 | abc123 |
| 16 | password1 |
| 17 | iloveyou |
| 18 | 11111111 |
| 19 | dragon |
| 20 | monkey |