How Many People Are Named Modesty?
An estimated 559 people in the United States have the first name Modesty. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Modesty peaked in popularity in 2019 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Modesty as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Modesty paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
559
About 1 in 613,156 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2019
25 births
Total Registered
571
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Modesty
Modesty is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 571 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Modesty as a female name
Ranked #8,762 in 2024
12 female births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (25 births)
Modesty: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Modesty span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 179 babies were registered. While Modesty is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Modesty by Decade
How has Modesty tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Modesty by State
Modesty + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Modesty as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Modesty
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Modesty: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Modesty?
We estimate approximately 559 people named Modesty are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 613,156 Americans share this first name.
Is Modesty a common name?
Modesty is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 571 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Modesty most popular?
Modesty reached peak popularity in 2019, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Modesty is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Modesty a female name?
Modesty is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Modesty Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Modesty Smith, Modesty Johnson, Modesty Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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