What are the most common passwords in Germany in 2025?

Password management app Nordpass has revealed the most commonly used passwords in Germany. The findings are pretty embarrassing for us all.

All age brackets choose silly passwords, study finds

Nordpass, a password management app, has released a list of the Top 200 Most Common Passwords. The research is based on passwords used by people from 44 different countries and this year explored “how different generations treat their password use”. In short, the report found that “bad password habits are trendy no matter how old you are”.

Data from “recent public data breaches and dark web repositories” between September 2024 and 2025 was aggregated to create the list. The company confirmed that “no personal data was acquired or purchased for this research.” 

The report found that the number combination “12345” was the world’s most common password. The study also debunked the myth that “younger generations online are digital natives” and therefore have a better understanding of cybersecurity. Instead, password habits tended to be similar across all ages.

However, there were still a few differences. Older generations were more likely to include a name in their passwords. The most popular for Gex X (born 1965 to 1980) was “Veronica” and for baby boomers (born 1946 to 1964) it was “Maria”. Millennials (born 1981 to 1996) and Gen Z (born 1997 to 2012) prefer to use letter or number combinations rather than a name, for example, "1234567890" or "skibidi". 

What are the most common passwords in Germany?

Germany may love data protection, but it is a country full of people who are terrible at setting secure passwords. These were the most common passwords in Germany in 2025, followed by the number of times they were used:

1. admin (156.953)
2. 123456 (129.608)
3. lol123456 (84.833)
4. Kasperle123 (77.005)
5. null12345 (44.483)
6. 12345678 (43.953)
7. 123456789 (38.810)
8. password (34.979)
9. musikverein (31.603)
10. Null12345 (26.874)

The password management company also shared several tips on how to make passwords safer. Take a look, along with the full report, on their website.