Modest is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Modest is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1927. Modest first appears in 1911 and peaked in 1921 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,653 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,635 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #3,098 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,523 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,654 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,444 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #4,254 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #3,339 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #4,022 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #2,120 |