Women executed each year in the U.S. since 1900

Since 1900, 56 women have been executed in the U.S. Eighteen of those executions have occurred in the modern death penalty era.

A column chart showing the number of women executed each year from 1900 to today.

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1977 was when the first execution of the modern death penalty era, a man in Utah, was carried out. Data as of Sept. 24, 2026.

Chart: Susie Webb/Get the Facts Data TeamSource: Death Penalty Information Center