How Many People Are Named Modesto?
people named Modesto are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 199,640 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,559 babies named Modesto in Social Security records from 1908 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of MODESTUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Modesto in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Modesto alive today is about 43 years old, and 46% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Modesto first appears in the records in 1908 and was given most often in 1927, to 37 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1908 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Modesto has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,180, in 1908. In 2025 it ranked #9,428.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,428 |
| Best rank | #1,180 (1908) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,684 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Modesto alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Modesto were born in Texas than in any other state: about 433 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Modesto was given 8.4 times as often in Texas and 3 times in California.
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