Girls' name · since 1960
Modesty
583 babies named Modesty in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,736 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,462 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 583
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
583 babies have been named Modesty since 1960, making it today's #8462 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Modesty has been recorded 583 times among girls since 1960, currently ranked #8462 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #10,736 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,462 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 583 born since 1960
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Modesty ranks #10,736 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,462 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 583 born since 1960, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,736 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,462 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 583
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Modesty's 583 recorded births place it above 85.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Modesty compares
583 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Modesty's all-time total is 55% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Modesty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 583 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Modesty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Modesty's full recorded timeline at 2005, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Modesty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Modesty by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (179 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Modesty's strongest decade.
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Modesty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
113 births
- 2000s
2000s
179 births
- 2010s
2010s
167 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 179 births (31% of all-time use).
How Modesty compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Modesty's total volume
Modesty by state
Where Modesty concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 20 | 3.4% |
20 of 583 births nationwide.
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What to do with Modesty's data
- Modesty's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (179 total births) through the 2020s (72) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Modestys (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Modesty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Modesty 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.