Modesty — #8498 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Modesty

The Social Security Administration has registered 571 babies named Modesty between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Modesty currently holds the #8498 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Modesty performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Modesty shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Modesty in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Modesty 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 571 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.