Modelle — girls' name
79 babies named Modelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Modelle was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Modelle in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Modelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Modelle between 1913 and 1923, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Modelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1923. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Modelle performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Modelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Modelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Modelle 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 79 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.
Modelle at a glance
Last recorded 1923Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Modelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1913
- Peak year (1917)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1923.
79 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 13 births in a single year.
Modelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 53 births that decade — 67% of Modelle's all-time total
Modelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Modelle's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Modelle by state
Where Modelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14 | 17.7% |
14 of 79 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.7% 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, 1913–1923 (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.