Meaning not yet researched.
Mollie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 212 in 2025. Its best rank was #79 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #79 in 1885; #1,116 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mollie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,116 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1885, at #79.
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Mollie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 212 girls in 2025. Peak: #79 in 1885 · most girls in one year: 738 (1915).
In 2025, 212 US girls were named Mollie, making it the 1,116th most common girls’ name of the year, up 88 places from #1,204 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 197 girls named Mollie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #79, reached in 1885. The most girls given the name in a single year was 738, in 1915. For comparison, it was #990 in 2015 and #570 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mollie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 283 babies with the name. In all, 48,210 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 5,789 babies named Mollie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,210 US girls were named Mollie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 263. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,581 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mollie ranked highest in Kentucky in 2025, at #552 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Molly (176,487 babies since 1880) and Molli (1,989 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mollie in the open dataset we use.
Mollie is listed as a nickname for Marietta.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 8 | #552 | #612 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #578 | #647 |
| Tennessee | 13 | #595 | #572 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #608 | #549 |
| Alabama | 8 | #616 | #669 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #747 | #500 |
| Georgia | 13 | #786 | #1,148 |
| Ohio | 11 | #858 | #778 |
| Indiana | 7 | #895 | #1,045 |
| Michigan | 8 | #931 | #1,229 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #968 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #1,011 | #675 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #1,033 | #534 |
| Missouri | 5 | #1,042 | #549 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,091 | #1,133 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,193 | #1,242 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,196 | #573 |
| New York | 11 | #1,282 | #1,191 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,299 | #913 |
| Texas | 17 | #1,443 | #1,258 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,816 | #1,329 |
| California | 8 | #2,423 | #2,924 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 212 | #1,116 | — | — |
| 2024 | 197 | #1,204 | — | — |
| 2023 | 213 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 2022 | 197 | #1,226 | — | — |
| 2021 | 207 | #1,180 | — | — |
| 2020 | 224 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 2019 | 236 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 2018 | 219 | #1,120 | — | — |
| 2017 | 242 | #1,061 | — | — |
| 2016 | 263 | #1,009 | — | — |
| 2015 | 273 | #990 | — | — |
| 2014 | 347 | #806 | — | — |
| 2013 | 391 | #712 | — | — |
| 2012 | 437 | #653 | — | — |
| 2011 | 438 | #652 | — | — |
| 2010 | 428 | #675 | — | — |
| 2009 | 419 | #694 | — | — |
| 2008 | 420 | #713 | — | — |
| 2007 | 373 | #775 | — | — |
| 2006 | 363 | #757 | — | — |
| 2005 | 365 | #740 | — | — |
| 2004 | 332 | #780 | 6 | #10,893 |
| 2003 | 410 | #646 | — | — |
| 2002 | 386 | #657 | — | — |
| 2001 | 423 | #597 | — | — |
| 2000 | 448 | #581 | — | — |
| 1999 | 441 | #571 | — | — |
| 1998 | 442 | #557 | — | — |
| 1997 | 418 | #560 | — | — |
| 1996 | 423 | #551 | — | — |
| 1995 | 438 | #542 | — | — |
| 1994 | 454 | #540 | — | — |
| 1993 | 495 | #500 | — | — |
| 1992 | 486 | #499 | — | — |
| 1991 | 535 | #459 | — | — |
| 1990 | 527 | #465 | — | — |
| 1989 | 442 | #526 | — | — |
| 1988 | 419 | #527 | — | — |
| 1987 | 398 | #520 | — | — |
| 1986 | 370 | #551 | — | — |
| 1985 | 387 | #520 | — | — |
| 1984 | 292 | #613 | — | — |
| 1983 | 312 | #575 | — | — |
| 1982 | 329 | #559 | — | — |
| 1981 | 295 | #616 | — | — |
| 1980 | 286 | #638 | — | — |
| 1979 | 274 | #637 | — | — |
| 1978 | 228 | #696 | — | — |
| 1977 | 250 | #650 | — | — |
| 1976 | 204 | #720 | — | — |
| 1975 | 222 | #677 | — | — |
| 1974 | 208 | #706 | — | — |
| 1973 | 170 | #782 | — | — |
| 1972 | 184 | #759 | — | — |
| 1971 | 195 | #752 | — | — |
| 1970 | 196 | #754 | — | — |
| 1969 | 167 | #799 | — | — |
| 1968 | 146 | #844 | — | — |
| 1967 | 141 | #853 | — | — |
| 1966 | 128 | #889 | — | — |
| 1965 | 145 | #827 | — | — |
| 1964 | 173 | #791 | — | — |
| 1963 | 129 | #931 | — | — |
| 1962 | 112 | #1,019 | — | — |
| 1961 | 147 | #886 | — | — |
| 1960 | 171 | #784 | — | — |
| 1959 | 166 | #793 | — | — |
| 1958 | 186 | #723 | — | — |
| 1957 | 208 | #692 | — | — |
| 1956 | 205 | #672 | — | — |
| 1955 | 184 | #693 | — | — |
| 1954 | 187 | #687 | — | — |
| 1953 | 238 | #570 | — | — |
| 1952 | 241 | #558 | — | — |
| 1951 | 189 | #632 | — | — |
| 1950 | 214 | #570 | — | — |
| 1949 | 230 | #552 | — | — |
| 1948 | 243 | #532 | — | — |
| 1947 | 243 | #538 | — | — |
| 1946 | 205 | #551 | — | — |
| 1945 | 215 | #498 | — | — |
| 1944 | 224 | #477 | — | — |
| 1943 | 242 | #474 | — | — |
| 1942 | 237 | #478 | — | — |
| 1941 | 234 | #451 | — | — |
| 1940 | 241 | #439 | — | — |
| 1939 | 257 | #424 | — | — |
| 1938 | 252 | #424 | — | — |
| 1937 | 226 | #435 | — | — |
| 1936 | 236 | #421 | — | — |
| 1935 | 283 | #377 | — | — |
| 1934 | 284 | #378 | — | — |
| 1933 | 272 | #392 | — | — |
| 1932 | 283 | #389 | — | — |
| 1931 | 327 | #355 | 7 | #3,301 |
| 1930 | 353 | #357 | — | — |
| 1929 | 354 | #347 | — | — |
| 1928 | 358 | #364 | 6 | #4,001 |
| 1927 | 370 | #352 | — | — |
| 1926 | 394 | #333 | — | — |
| 1925 | 413 | #328 | 5 | #4,683 |
| 1924 | 431 | #322 | 5 | #4,761 |
| 1923 | 491 | #293 | — | — |
| 1922 | 532 | #284 | 6 | #4,162 |
| 1921 | 570 | #277 | 6 | #4,186 |
| 1920 | 560 | #275 | — | — |
| 1919 | 638 | #254 | — | — |
| 1918 | 701 | #242 | — | — |
| 1917 | 672 | #242 | — | — |
| 1916 | 650 | #243 | — | — |
| 1915 | 738 | #219 | — | — |
| 1914 | 644 | #203 | — | — |
| 1913 | 506 | #207 | — | — |
| 1912 | 463 | #206 | — | — |
| 1911 | 378 | #190 | — | — |
| 1910 | 399 | #170 | — | — |
| 1909 | 361 | #167 | — | — |
| 1908 | 341 | #175 | — | — |
| 1907 | 356 | #165 | 5 | #1,480 |
| 1906 | 355 | #162 | — | — |
| 1905 | 344 | #161 | — | — |
| 1904 | 336 | #162 | — | — |
| 1903 | 284 | #171 | — | — |
| 1902 | 337 | #153 | — | — |
| 1901 | 324 | #151 | — | — |
| 1900 | 437 | #139 | — | — |
| 1899 | 301 | #153 | — | — |
| 1898 | 357 | #142 | — | — |
| 1897 | 333 | #143 | — | — |
| 1896 | 374 | #127 | — | — |
| 1895 | 382 | #123 | — | — |
| 1894 | 379 | #122 | — | — |
| 1893 | 367 | #118 | — | — |
| 1892 | 411 | #108 | — | — |
| 1891 | 356 | #110 | — | — |
| 1890 | 349 | #118 | — | — |
| 1889 | 402 | #98 | — | — |
| 1888 | 375 | #102 | — | — |
| 1887 | 333 | #100 | — | — |
| 1886 | 421 | #82 | — | — |
| 1885 | 396 | #79 | — | — |
| 1884 | 374 | #79 | — | — |
| 1883 | 301 | #89 | — | — |
| 1882 | 305 | #84 | — | — |
| 1881 | 281 | #82 | — | — |
| 1880 | 283 | #81 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).