Modesty
Girl · MOD-ess-tee · English
Modesty is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “modesty, humility”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Modesty mean?
English: English virtue name, from Latin modestia
“modesty, humility”
An English virtue name of the kind favoured by the Puritans; Modesty Blaise is a British comic-strip heroine created in 1963.
- Say it
- MOD-ess-tee
Is Modesty a girl's or a boy's name?
Modesty is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Modesty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Modesty, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Modesty in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Modesty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
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