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.

Modie*

#32,330 most common girls' name of all time · #52,135 across all names · 14% male / 86% female · used 1900–1944 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#32,330
Rank overall
#52,135 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
49
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921
Best rank
#2,025 1903
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
190019201940

Modie first appears in 1900. 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
1944 5 — 5 #4,721
1938 5 — 5 #4,502
1924 5 — 5 #5,219
1923 6 — 6 #4,517
1921 — 7 7 —
1919 5 — 5 #4,954
1912 6 — 6 #2,806
1903 5 — 5 #2,025
1900 5 — 5 #2,201