Modesto
Boy · moh-DESS-toh · Latin
Modesto is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “modest, restrained”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Modesto mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Modestus
“modest, restrained”
Modesto, California, is said to be named for a banker who modestly declined to have the town named after him.
- Say it
- moh-DESS-toh
Is Modesto a girl's or a boy's name?
Modesto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Modesto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Modesto, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1927, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Modesto than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Modesto in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Modesto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 35 | #2,616 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,543 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,319 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,264 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,664 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,334 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,333 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,471 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,659 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
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