Modesto

#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births

Peak · boys
#1,113
1908 · 7 births
Debut · boys
1908
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,559
since 1908

Modesto over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Modesto has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #1,113, 1908boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#7,25711
2023#6,51713
2022#6,14714
2021#6,03214
2020#5,98014
2019#8,8898
2018#7,61710
2017#8,8408
2016#7,60510
2015#7,49110
2014#8,1309
2013#6,60312
2012#7,55910
2011#5,94514
2010#5,47816
2009#5,55416
2008#4,90119
2007#4,37522
2006#4,37021
2005#5,57814
2004#4,12921
2003#3,83822
2002#4,18819
2001#2,93131
2000#2,62135
1999#3,10326
1998#2,71130
1997#3,16023
1996#3,02124
1995#2,62628
1994#2,68527
1993#2,94323
1992#2,53228
1991#2,01937
1990#2,12834
1989#2,46926
1988#2,09030
1987#2,64120
1986#1,91731
1985#1,97529
1984#2,09825
1983#1,95527
1982#2,42620
1981#1,81131
1980#1,69534
1979#1,78831
1978#1,83428
1977#1,90426
1976#1,64632
1975#2,20520
1974#1,74727
1973#1,51432
1972#1,39137
1971#1,59730
1970#1,49432
1969#1,30237
1968#1,54426
1967#1,54025
1966#1,54025
1965#1,66922
1964#2,04016
1963#1,65923
1962#1,51527
1961#1,68623
1960#1,32036
1959#1,33734
1958#1,26537
1957#1,51127
1956#1,82119
1955#1,61123
1954#2,31612
1953#1,48026
1952#1,66521
1951#1,46226
1950#1,57222
1949#1,50124
1948#1,34629
1947#1,55523
1946#1,44024
1945#1,29626
1944#1,28227
1943#1,63619
1942#1,33427
1941#1,33325
1940#1,47121
1939#1,63617
1938#1,33725
1937#1,75616
1936#1,96413
1935#1,29527
1934#1,78316
1933#1,77016
1932#1,46523
1931#1,39425
1930#1,46325
1929#1,31229
1928#1,38228
1927#1,17837
1926#1,37928
1925#1,22534
1924#1,67522
1923#1,75320
1922#2,80110
1921#2,63211
1920#2,23114
1919#2,15214
1918#1,71020
1917#1,75518
1916#1,64619
1915#1,66018
1914#1,97511
1913#2,0928
1912#2,0457
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five boys were named Modesto! It came in at #1,113, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Modesto
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,653 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #8,910)
  • 2,930 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #8,910)
  • 1,419 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1908 at #1,113 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,048
  • Highest: 1 in 22,048 boys born in 1908 were named Modesto (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 11.5% of all boys named Modesto (295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s7#1,113 (1908)#1,113
1910s115#1,646 (1916)#1,879
1920s233#1,178 (1927)#1,757
1930s203#1,295 (1935)#1,586
1940s245#1,282 (1944)#1,419
1950s247#1,265 (1958)#1,604
1960s260#1,302 (1969)#1,582
1970s295#1,391 (1972)#1,712
1980s273#1,695 (1980)#2,108
1990s280#2,019 (1991)#2,693
2000s220#2,621 (2000)#4,249
2010s107#5,478 (2010)#7,416
2020s74#5,980 (2020)#6,807

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Modesto in 1958

boys
#1,265
37 births · 1 in 57,362 boys

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #1,265Modesto37
More about 1958

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 57,362 of them was named Modesto, which outranked 71.9% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Modesto
  1. #1,253Richmond38
  2. #1,253Rollie38
  3. #1,253Sherwin38
  4. #1,265Modesto37
  5. #1,265Darel37
  6. #1,265Erin37
  7. #1,265Ezekiel37
  8. #1,277Blaise36
  9. #1,277Brenton36
  10. #1,277Bucky36

Tied with 11 names at #1,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 742Wayde#1,364 → #622
  2. ↑ 568Maverick#1,364 → #796
  3. ↑ 516Darren#897 → #381
  4. ↑ 435Tobin#1,250 → #815
  5. ↑ 406Dion#928 → #522
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Claud#957 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 349Ritchie#823 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 333Levon#944 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 320Weston#957 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 297Parker#925 → #1,222

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1958 →