Modine — girls' name
152 babies named Modine in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Modine was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Modine in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Modine
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Modine between 1914 and 1934, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Modine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Modine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Modine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Modine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Modine 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 152 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.
Modine at a glance
Last recorded 1934Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Modine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1914
- Peak year (1925)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1934.
152 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 14 births in a single year.
Modine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 82 births that decade — 54% of Modine's all-time total
Modine decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Modine's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Modine by state
Where Modine concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 152 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 3.3% 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, 1914–1934 (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.