Modena
Modena is a city and comune (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025.
Meaning & Origin of Modena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Modena is a city and comune (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025.
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Origin & history
The Story of Modena
Modena first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1882, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 33 Modenas were born — ranking #1,409 that year. As of 2026, Modena ranks #4,520 for baby girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 683 Modenas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Modena
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- Main category: People from Modena Vittorio Bellentani (1906–1968), engineer and racing driver
- Aaron Berechiah of Modena (1549–1639), Jewish kabbalist and author
- Maurizio Ceresoli (born 1983), racing driver
- Giuseppe Castagnetti (1909–1965), Roman Catholic politician
- Abraham ben Daniel (1511-1578), poet and rabbi
- Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), founder of Ferrari
- Mirella Freni (1935–2020), operatic soprano
- Francesco Guccini (born 1940), singer and songwriter
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About the name Modena
Modena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 683 births in the dataset. Modena's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,409. Use the chart and map above to compare Modena's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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