--- title: Top 25 Worst Passwords of 2017 description: These are the 25 most common passwords of 2017, according to data from 5 million leaked accounts in North America and Europe. canonical: https://time.com/5071176/worst-passwords-2017/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-19T16:13:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:22.611Z og:title: The Worst 25 Passwords of 2017 og:description: You should never bring these passwords into 2018 og:url: https://time.com/5071176/worst-passwords-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt950fc8b48e34b0c6/6988f5b3db29874e3d25e254/worst-passwords-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Man operating a touch screen mobile phone with a laptop in the background. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Worst 25 Passwords of 2017 twitter:description: You should never bring these passwords into 2018 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt950fc8b48e34b0c6/6988f5b3db29874e3d25e254/worst-passwords-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Worst 25 Passwords of 2017 by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Dec 19, 2017 4:13 PM UTC  Getty Images by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Dec 19, 2017 4:13 PM UTC “Hacking” and “hackers” are two terms that resonated with 2017\. It wasn’t just widespread coverage of [election hacking](http://time.com/4865798/russia-hacking-election-day-obama-plan/). From [Equifax](http://time.com/4947339/equifax-second-hack-earlier-march/), [Uber](http://time.com/5034399/uber-cyber-attack-hack-57-million/), [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5033661/hbo-hacking-behzad-mesri-charged/) and even [Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law](http://time.com/4810244/gordon-ramsay-father-in-law-chris-hutcheson-email-hacking/), both the hackers and the hacked brought to life a renewed conversation about [password protection](http://time.com/4941012/equifax-and-perils-of-password-protection/). [SplashData](http://www.splashdata.com/), the password management provider, [just released its annual list](https://www.teamsid.com/worst-passwords-2017-full-list/) of “Worst Passwords of the Year” using data from 5 million leaked passwords from users in North America and Western Europe. According to SplashData, the results do not include passwords from [Yahoo’s security breach](http://fortune.com/2017/10/03/yahoo-breach-mail/) that impacted 3 billion accounts. The worst passwords in 2017 included some repeat offenders and completely new terms. Just like [last year,](http://time.com/4639791/worst-passwords-2016/) the first and second most used passwords were “123456” and “Password,” respectively. While “12345” went down two spots to the number 5 slot, “123456789” was a new addition at number 8. [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4936666/star-wars-actors-almost-cast-leonardo-dicaprio/) and _Game of Thrones_ fans are not exempt from this list, either. Users should take the force from [_Star Wars: The Last Jedi_ ](http://time.com/5070022/star-wars-the-last-jedi-kid-at-the-end/)and create some stronger passwords. For the first time, “starwars” rang in at the 16th spot, and “dragon” increased one spot to number 18. Stuck on how to create a stronger and less hacker-friendly password? According to SplashData, the key is using at least 12 characters with a combination of upper and lowercase letters and characters. Try switching up passwords for various websites, too. Here’s the full list for 2017’s worst passwords: 123456 Password 12345678 qwerty 12345 123456789 letmein 1234567 football iloveyou admin welcome monkey login abc123 starwars 123123 dragon passw0rd maste hello freedom whatever qazwsx trustno1 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5071176/worst-passwords-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5071176/worst-passwords-2017/"},"headline":"The Worst 25 Passwords of 2017","datePublished":"2017-12-19T16:13:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:22.611Z","description":"Including \"Password\"","url":"https://time.com/5071176/worst-passwords-2017/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","cyber security"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt950fc8b48e34b0c6/6988f5b3db29874e3d25e254/worst-passwords-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lena Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt950fc8b48e34b0c6/6988f5b3db29874e3d25e254/worst-passwords-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Man operating a touch screen mobile phone with a laptop in the background.","caption":"Man operating a touch screen mobile phone with a laptop in the background.","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5071176/worst-passwords-2017/","name":"The Worst 25 Passwords of 2017"}}]}] ```