Meaning not yet researched.
Molly: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,601 in 2025. Its best rank was #74 in 1991.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #74 in 1991; #196 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Molly in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#196 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1991, at #74.
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Molly: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,601 girls in 2025. Peak: #74 in 1991 · most girls in one year: 4,652 (1991).
In 2025, 1,601 US girls were named Molly, making it the 196th most common girls’ name of the year, up 12 places from #208 in 2024. That is 127 more than the 1,474 girls named Molly in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #74, reached in 1991. That year also had the most girls given the name: 4,652. For comparison, it was #144 in 2015 and #324 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Molly in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 18 babies with the name. In all, 176,487 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 36,628 babies named Molly.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 16,592 US girls were named Molly; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,986. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,004 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Molly ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #94 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 3 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Mollie (48,210 babies since 1880) and Molli (1,989 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mollee, Mollye and Molley are summarised on this page.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English, German and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mollee (765), Mollye (388), Molley (231), Moli (5).
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 Molly in the open dataset we use.
Molly is listed as a nickname for Marietta, Mary.
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 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 5 | #94 | #73 |
| Massachusetts | 57 | #98 | #82 |
| Louisiana | 39 | #100 | #93 |
| New Jersey | 67 | #112 | #131 |
| Connecticut | 26 | #113 | #116 |
| Alabama | 37 | #120 | #168 |
| Mississippi | 20 | #122 | #159 |
| Maine | 9 | #124 | #136 |
| North Dakota | 8 | #131 | #66 |
| Kansas | 24 | #132 | #105 |
| Kentucky | 33 | #135 | #89 |
| Illinois | 71 | #140 | #108 |
| Ohio | 78 | #141 | #102 |
| Iowa | 23 | #142 | #160 |
| Utah | 31 | #148 | #92 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #150 | #121 |
| Pennsylvania | 74 | #150 | #89 |
| Oregon | 24 | #151 | #139 |
| Idaho | 14 | #153 | #139 |
| New York | 105 | #155 | #129 |
| Montana | 7 | #159 | #113 |
| Minnesota | 33 | #163 | #114 |
| Tennessee | 46 | #167 | #135 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | #168 | #77 |
| Arkansas | 18 | #174 | #165 |
| Virginia | 46 | #178 | #144 |
| Michigan | 46 | #196 | #110 |
| Colorado | 31 | #197 | #134 |
| North Carolina | 53 | #206 | #159 |
| Delaware | 5 | #210 | #74 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #211 | #85 |
| Indiana | 33 | #215 | #83 |
| Washington | 34 | #216 | #136 |
| Missouri | 29 | #217 | #74 |
| Maryland | 24 | #222 | #234 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #226 | #66 |
| Georgia | 44 | #244 | #181 |
| Texas | 136 | #256 | #289 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #260 | #113 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #260 | #114 |
| Florida | 58 | #319 | #266 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #353 | #110 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #381 | #147 |
| California | 83 | #402 | #319 |
| Arizona | 17 | #407 | #239 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,601 | #196 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,474 | #208 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,437 | #209 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,481 | #199 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,583 | #186 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,645 | #173 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,757 | #161 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,799 | #158 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,829 | #166 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,986 | #157 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,254 | #144 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,605 | #122 | 5 | #13,403 |
| 2013 | 3,084 | #102 | — | — |
| 2012 | 3,261 | #90 | 9 | #8,645 |
| 2011 | 3,616 | #78 | 7 | #10,404 |
| 2010 | 3,362 | #87 | 7 | #10,401 |
| 2009 | 3,510 | #92 | — | — |
| 2008 | 3,321 | #104 | 5 | #13,941 |
| 2007 | 3,415 | #97 | 6 | #11,884 |
| 2006 | 3,127 | #105 | 6 | #11,592 |
| 2005 | 3,215 | #97 | 7 | #9,809 |
| 2004 | 3,344 | #97 | 28 | #3,426 |
| 2003 | 3,403 | #99 | — | — |
| 2002 | 3,119 | #107 | — | — |
| 2001 | 3,415 | #90 | — | — |
| 2000 | 3,402 | #96 | 7 | #8,824 |
| 1999 | 3,326 | #102 | 9 | #6,919 |
| 1998 | 3,192 | #108 | 6 | #9,253 |
| 1997 | 3,452 | #98 | — | — |
| 1996 | 3,312 | #99 | 6 | #8,647 |
| 1995 | 3,382 | #98 | — | — |
| 1994 | 3,441 | #96 | 6 | #8,452 |
| 1993 | 3,708 | #87 | 5 | #9,688 |
| 1992 | 4,137 | #83 | 9 | #5,984 |
| 1991 | 4,652 | #74 | 11 | #4,991 |
| 1990 | 3,965 | #80 | 9 | #5,674 |
| 1989 | 3,460 | #93 | 33 | #2,134 |
| 1988 | 3,461 | #86 | 19 | #2,919 |
| 1987 | 2,891 | #97 | 11 | #4,151 |
| 1986 | 2,548 | #110 | 10 | #4,361 |
| 1985 | 2,434 | #119 | 8 | #5,013 |
| 1984 | 2,178 | #131 | 15 | #3,051 |
| 1983 | 2,311 | #129 | 13 | #3,363 |
| 1982 | 2,317 | #131 | 20 | #2,488 |
| 1981 | 2,089 | #135 | 11 | #3,772 |
| 1980 | 2,202 | #133 | 11 | #3,763 |
| 1979 | 2,022 | #139 | 8 | #4,697 |
| 1978 | 1,931 | #142 | 9 | #4,057 |
| 1977 | 2,067 | #141 | 11 | #3,519 |
| 1976 | 1,729 | #150 | 9 | #3,910 |
| 1975 | 1,547 | #170 | 6 | #5,242 |
| 1974 | 1,480 | #179 | 5 | #5,741 |
| 1973 | 1,329 | #195 | 7 | #4,355 |
| 1972 | 1,234 | #226 | 6 | #4,789 |
| 1971 | 1,185 | #248 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,191 | #259 | — | — |
| 1969 | 1,093 | #265 | — | — |
| 1968 | 1,020 | #265 | — | — |
| 1967 | 1,016 | #265 | — | — |
| 1966 | 984 | #265 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,062 | #264 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1,001 | #290 | — | — |
| 1963 | 859 | #320 | — | — |
| 1962 | 821 | #327 | — | — |
| 1961 | 781 | #337 | — | — |
| 1960 | 727 | #361 | — | — |
| 1959 | 763 | #344 | — | — |
| 1958 | 746 | #343 | — | — |
| 1957 | 699 | #341 | — | — |
| 1956 | 654 | #344 | — | — |
| 1955 | 622 | #344 | — | — |
| 1954 | 599 | #352 | — | — |
| 1953 | 582 | #346 | — | — |
| 1952 | 617 | #333 | — | — |
| 1951 | 612 | #320 | — | — |
| 1950 | 564 | #324 | — | — |
| 1949 | 556 | #328 | — | — |
| 1948 | 562 | #331 | — | — |
| 1947 | 484 | #366 | — | — |
| 1946 | 415 | #371 | — | — |
| 1945 | 333 | #387 | — | — |
| 1944 | 366 | #367 | — | — |
| 1943 | 386 | #366 | — | — |
| 1942 | 375 | #362 | — | — |
| 1941 | 339 | #364 | — | — |
| 1940 | 345 | #349 | — | — |
| 1939 | 348 | #340 | — | — |
| 1938 | 329 | #359 | — | — |
| 1937 | 306 | #369 | — | — |
| 1936 | 316 | #357 | — | — |
| 1935 | 301 | #365 | — | — |
| 1934 | 291 | #369 | — | — |
| 1933 | 271 | #394 | — | — |
| 1932 | 315 | #361 | — | — |
| 1931 | 300 | #370 | — | — |
| 1930 | 342 | #362 | — | — |
| 1929 | 320 | #375 | — | — |
| 1928 | 315 | #381 | — | — |
| 1927 | 258 | #431 | — | — |
| 1926 | 255 | #433 | — | — |
| 1925 | 241 | #443 | — | — |
| 1924 | 290 | #404 | — | — |
| 1923 | 293 | #388 | — | — |
| 1922 | 277 | #397 | — | — |
| 1921 | 302 | #385 | — | — |
| 1920 | 246 | #427 | — | — |
| 1919 | 258 | #400 | — | — |
| 1918 | 306 | #374 | — | — |
| 1917 | 310 | #357 | — | — |
| 1916 | 333 | #336 | — | — |
| 1915 | 325 | #331 | — | — |
| 1914 | 247 | #337 | — | — |
| 1913 | 197 | #346 | — | — |
| 1912 | 197 | #323 | — | — |
| 1911 | 129 | #354 | — | — |
| 1910 | 145 | #316 | — | — |
| 1909 | 109 | #346 | — | — |
| 1908 | 101 | #360 | — | — |
| 1907 | 113 | #328 | — | — |
| 1906 | 86 | #362 | — | — |
| 1905 | 71 | #402 | — | — |
| 1904 | 72 | #392 | — | — |
| 1903 | 75 | #370 | — | — |
| 1902 | 54 | #423 | — | — |
| 1901 | 55 | #401 | — | — |
| 1900 | 67 | #411 | — | — |
| 1899 | 47 | #428 | — | — |
| 1898 | 39 | #499 | — | — |
| 1897 | 50 | #418 | — | — |
| 1896 | 49 | #415 | — | — |
| 1895 | 45 | #422 | — | — |
| 1894 | 36 | #471 | — | — |
| 1893 | 58 | #354 | — | — |
| 1892 | 51 | #375 | — | — |
| 1891 | 33 | #445 | — | — |
| 1890 | 46 | #372 | — | — |
| 1889 | 35 | #415 | — | — |
| 1888 | 37 | #409 | — | — |
| 1887 | 32 | #388 | — | — |
| 1886 | 29 | #404 | — | — |
| 1885 | 30 | #378 | — | — |
| 1884 | 32 | #356 | — | — |
| 1883 | 30 | #328 | — | — |
| 1882 | 30 | #325 | — | — |
| 1881 | 33 | #278 | — | — |
| 1880 | 18 | #400 | — | — |
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).