Modell — girls' name
187 babies named Modell in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Modell was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Modell in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Modell
The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Modell between 1909 and 1935, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Modell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Modell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Modell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Modell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Modell 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 187 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.
Modell at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Modell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1909
- Peak year (1920)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
187 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 18 births in a single year.
Modell popularity over time — boys
9 total births recorded since 1924 (Modell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Modell accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Modell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 95 births that decade — 51% of Modell's all-time total
Modell decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Modell's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Modell by state
Where Modell concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 4.3% |
8 of 187 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1909–1935 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.