Modesta

Girl · recorded 1890–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1909best year

Most popular in 1909.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1890

0193718901924195719912024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 106 recorded years as a table
Modesta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189026
189224
190227
190422
190527
190722
190818
190937
191023
191119
191229
191311
191424
191517
191633
191723
191829
191914
192023
192115
192216
192322
192421
192525
192635
192720
192822
192921
193024
193121
193228
193331
193434
193519
193635
193727
193825
193919
194024
194124
194218
194314
194416
194515
19468
194711
194813
194910
19508
195111
19525
19536
195411
19557
19566
19576
19588
19597
196011
19617
19627
19635
19649
196510
196611
19677
19687
19697
19708
19717
19726
19735
197412
19759
19769
19777
19787
19799
19805
19817
19834
19847
19855
19868
19873
19883
19895
19903
19913
19925
19936
19955
19973
19993
20004
20015
20026
20033
20044
20064
20073
20083
20113
20143
20233
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Modesta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
7
Rank in 2024
#12,161
How rare
1 in 231,455 girls
Since 1890
1,615

Modesta was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1909, at 37 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Modesta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.