How Many People Are Named Modesta?
people named Modesta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 449,716 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,615 babies named Modesta in Social Security records from 1890 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of MODESTUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Modesta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Modesta alive today is about 58 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Modesta first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 1926, to 41 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Modesta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,190, in 1909.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,190 (1909) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,424 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Modesta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Modesta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 266 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Modesta was given about 15.9 times as often in Texas.
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