Girls' name · since 1890
Modeste
Since 1890, U.S. Social Security records show 8 babies named Modeste, peaking in 1890. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #57,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 8
- born since 1890
- 1890s
- peak decade
Modeste is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 8 have been recorded since 1890.
Modeste has 8 recorded births among girls since 1890, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1890s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1890 to 1890.
- #57,427 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 8 born since 1890
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Modeste ranks #57,427 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 8 born since 1890, peaking in the 1890s.
- #57,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 8
- born since 1890
- 1890s
- peak decade
Modeste's 8 recorded births place it above 20.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Modeste popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–1890
- Peak year (1890)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Modeste by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (8 births, 100% of the file).
1890s was Modeste's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Modeste births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 8 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Modeste: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1890–1890 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Modeste draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.