Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Modesto

#2,709 most common boys' name of all time · #6,509 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1908–2025

Rank among boys
#2,709
Rank overall
#6,509 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
2,559
Since 2016
110
Peak year
1927 #1,194
Best rank
#1,194 1927
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
192019401960198020002020

Modesto first appears in 1908. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #8,960
2024 — 11 11 #7,293
2023 — 13 13 #6,546
2022 — 14 14 #6,166
2021 — 14 14 #6,059
2020 — 14 14 #6,013
2019 — 8 8 #8,944
2018 — 10 10 #7,658
2017 — 8 8 #8,892
2016 — 10 10 #7,651
2015 — 10 10 #7,541
2014 — 9 9 #8,170
2013 — 12 12 #6,634
2012 — 10 10 #7,596
2011 — 14 14 #5,967
2010 — 16 16 #5,502
2009 — 16 16 #5,565
2008 — 19 19 #4,920
2007 — 22 22 #4,392
2006 — 21 21 #4,388
2005 — 14 14 #5,601
2004 — 21 21 #4,147
2003 — 22 22 #3,857
2002 — 19 19 #4,201
2001 — 31 31 #2,939
2000 — 35 35 #2,631
1999 — 26 26 #3,113
1998 — 30 30 #2,725
1997 — 23 23 #3,178
1996 — 24 24 #3,037
1995 — 28 28 #2,641
1994 — 27 27 #2,702
1993 — 23 23 #2,963
1992 — 28 28 #2,545
1991 — 37 37 #2,029
1990 — 34 34 #2,134
1989 — 26 26 #2,483
1988 — 30 30 #2,102
1987 — 20 20 #2,663
1986 — 31 31 #1,932
1985 — 29 29 #1,986
1984 — 25 25 #2,113
1983 — 27 27 #1,975
1982 — 20 20 #2,453
1981 — 31 31 #1,834
1980 — 34 34 #1,707
1979 — 31 31 #1,800
1978 — 28 28 #1,842
1977 — 26 26 #1,921
1976 — 32 32 #1,661
1975 — 20 20 #2,232
1974 — 27 27 #1,759
1973 — 32 32 #1,534
1972 — 37 37 #1,403
1971 — 30 30 #1,613
1970 — 32 32 #1,507
1969 — 37 37 #1,316
1968 — 26 26 #1,559
1967 — 25 25 #1,555
1966 — 25 25 #1,562
1965 — 22 22 #1,696
1964 — 16 16 #2,074
1963 — 23 23 #1,671
1962 — 27 27 #1,534
1961 — 23 23 #1,709
1960 — 36 36 #1,334
1959 — 34 34 #1,352
1958 — 37 37 #1,274
1957 — 27 27 #1,533
1956 — 19 19 #1,857
1955 — 23 23 #1,628
1954 — 12 12 #2,380
1953 — 26 26 #1,496
1952 — 21 21 #1,685
1951 — 26 26 #1,477
1950 — 22 22 #1,596
1949 — 24 24 #1,530
1948 — 29 29 #1,371
1947 — 23 23 #1,585
1946 — 24 24 #1,464
1945 — 26 26 #1,314
1944 — 27 27 #1,306
1943 — 19 19 #1,675
1942 — 27 27 #1,351
1941 — 25 25 #1,364
1940 — 21 21 #1,505
1939 — 17 17 #1,685
1938 — 25 25 #1,355
1937 — 16 16 #1,798
1936 — 13 13 #2,022
1935 — 27 27 #1,322
1934 — 16 16 #1,839
1933 — 16 16 #1,809
1932 — 23 23 #1,495
1931 — 25 25 #1,419
1930 — 25 25 #1,485
1929 — 29 29 #1,335
1928 — 28 28 #1,407
1927 — 37 37 #1,194
1926 — 28 28 #1,400
1925 — 34 34 #1,243
1924 — 22 22 #1,714
1923 — 20 20 #1,793
1922 — 10 10 #2,883
1921 — 11 11 #2,713
1920 — 14 14 #2,286
1919 — 14 14 #2,218
1918 — 20 20 #1,749
1917 — 18 18 #1,797
1916 — 19 19 #1,680
1915 — 18 18 #1,696
1914 — 11 11 #2,060
1913 — 8 8 #2,191
1912 — 7 7 #2,177
1908 — 7 7 #1,215