How rare is the name Modesta?

4,016 people in the United States have the first name Modesta, about 1 in 75,207. It ranks #4,584 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MODESTA

#4,584

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,016
About
1 in 75,207
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,016 people named Modesta, 89% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.5% as White. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Modesta peaked in 1926, when 41 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902024
Peak year
1926
Births that year
41
In 2024
7 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,615 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Modesta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,563. The largest share of babies named Modesta, 28.9%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1890s#3,47210
1900s#2,74447
1910s#2,809184
1920s#2,930261
1930s#2,563279
1940s#3,310209
1950s#4,750145
1960s#5,205147
1970s#7,404120
1980s#11,32782
1990s#18,96950
2000s#21,91559
2010s#41,23310
2020s#31,42512
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4528.9%
Baby boom 1946–6418.1%
Generation X 1965–8012.3%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–124.6%
2013 and later1.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Modesta

#4,581 Shamika · 4,018#4,583 Issa · 4,017#4,585 Jevon · 4,014#4,586 Carie · 4,013

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Modesta, most common first.

#3,597 Modesto · 5,688#23,091 Modesty · 427

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