Modean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Modean

The Social Security Administration has registered 311 babies named Modean between 1912 and 1943, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Modean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Modean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Modean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Modean in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Modean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 311 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.