Modeste
Notable people with name Modeste include:
- French
Meaning & Origin of Modeste
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Notable people with name Modeste include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Modeste
The earliest SSA record of Modeste as a baby girl name dates back to 1890, when 8 babies received it. 1890 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Modeste — #1,006 in the national rankings. Modeste last appeared in the published SSA data in 1890, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Modeste
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Names that sound like Modeste
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About the name Modeste
Modeste is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1890 and has accumulated 8 births in the dataset. Modeste's peak popularity came in 1890 when it ranked #1,006. Use the chart and map above to compare Modeste'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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