Modesto
Modesto is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192737 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1908
- 2,551people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,551 boys have been named Modesto in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 37 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1970s alone account for 12%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Modesto | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 115 | |
| 1920s | 233 | |
| 1930s | 203 | |
| 1940s | 245 | |
| 1950s | 247 | |
| 1960s | 260 | |
| 1970s | 295 | |
| 1980s | 273 | |
| 1990s | 280 | |
| 2000s | 220 | |
| 2010s | 107 | |
| 2020s | 66 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Modesto was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Modesto
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bernardinopeak 1974
- Isidoropeak 1929
- Candelariopeak 1929
- Faustinopeak 1991
- Florentinopeak 1992
- Fidenciopeak 1928
- Rupertopeak 1928
- Eligiopeak 1985
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.