Modesta
#5,149 most common girls' name of all time · #8,722 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1890–2024
Rank among girls
#5,149
Rank overall
#8,722 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
1,615
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1926 #1,212
Best rank
#1,195 1909
Girls
Boys
peak 41/yr
Modesta first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,213 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,276 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,614 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,853 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,590 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,563 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,659 |
| 2004 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,671 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,908 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,512 |
| 2001 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,146 |
| 2000 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,800 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,483 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,149 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,594 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,548 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,774 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,253 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,466 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,090 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,891 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,922 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,213 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,999 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,574 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,113 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,596 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,480 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,875 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,595 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,930 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,641 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,622 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,722 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,140 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,530 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,865 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,065 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,464 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,260 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,876 |
| 1966 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,957 |
| 1965 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,960 |
| 1964 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,019 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,306 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,621 |
| 1961 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,486 |
| 1960 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,586 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,290 |
| 1958 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,894 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,528 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,537 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,125 |
| 1954 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,321 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,319 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,857 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,343 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,812 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1948 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,091 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,304 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,920 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,951 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,885 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,030 |
| 1942 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,465 |
| 1940 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,495 |
| 1939 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,702 |
| 1938 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,418 |
| 1937 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,369 |
| 1936 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,195 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1934 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,302 |
| 1932 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,367 |
| 1931 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,659 |
| 1930 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,516 |
| 1929 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,674 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,657 |
| 1927 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,745 |
| 1926 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,212 |
| 1925 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,517 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,696 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,618 |
| 1922 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,062 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,073 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,596 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,191 |
| 1918 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1917 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,236 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,923 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,583 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,631 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,397 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,864 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,715 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,195 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,966 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,742 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,497 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,771 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,600 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,524 |