Given name
Modesty
“one who is without conceit”
Modesty is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “one who is without conceit.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is without conceit.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Modesty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 583
- 0 boys · 583 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,701 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,701 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 41.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 427 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Modesty’s family of names
Modesty has a related form in Modesto. Modesty has a related form in Modesta. Modesty has a related form in Modestine.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Modestovariant
- Modestinevariant
- Modestivariant
- Modestavariant
- Modesteavariant
- Modestinvariant
- Modestiovariant
- Modesteyvariant
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