Girls' name · since 1918
Modestine
Modestine has 230 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,422 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Modestine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 230 recorded since 1918.
Modestine has 230 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1962.
- #18,422 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 230 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Modestine ranks #18,422 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,422 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Modestine's 230 recorded births place it above 74.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Modestine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Modestine's SSA record in two at 1939 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1927, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Modestine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1962
- Peak year (1954)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Modestine by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (60 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Modestine's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Modestine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
60 births
- 1930s
1930s
56 births
- 1940s
1940s
59 births
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 60 births (26% of all-time use).
Modestine by state
Where Modestine concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 51 | 22.2% |
51 of 230 births nationwide.
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- Modestine's decade-level peak was the 1920s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- South Carolina records the most Modestines (51 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Modestine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
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, 1918–1962 (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 Modestine 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.