Feminine dossier · first seen 1890

Modesta

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Modesta
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1890Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

82.9%

2024

All-time

1,615

Modesta has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 41 girls were named Modesta.

In 2024, only 7 girls were given the name.

Down 82.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,615 Americans have been named Modesta and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1890.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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