Molly Girl
How popular is Molly?
#196 girl name in 2025
1,601 baby girls were named Molly in the US in 2025, making it the 196th most popular girl name.
Molly popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #196 for girls (▲ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,601 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #144 in 2015, #173 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (4,652 girls) |
| Highest rank | #74 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Molly counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Molly family of names ranked #188 for girls in 2025 (#198 the year before), with 1,822 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Molly is most popular
Babies named Molly per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 5.2 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- New Hampshire: 2.9 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Montana: 2.7 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Maine: 2.6 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- North Dakota: 2.4 per 1,000 (32 girls)
Molly by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 306 | #277 |
| 1890s | 454 | #353 |
| 1900s | 803 | #324 |
| 1910s | 2,447 | #316 |
| 1920s | 2,797 | #375 |
| 1930s | 3,119 | #340 |
| 1940s | 4,161 | #328 |
| 1950s | 6,458 | #320 |
| 1960s | 9,364 | #264 |
| 1970s | 15,715 | #139 |
| 1980s | 25,891 | #86 |
| 1990s | 36,567 | #74 |
| 2000s | 33,271 | #90 |
| 2010s | 25,553 | #78 |
| 2020s | 9,221 | #173 |
Girl names about as popular as Molly
Questions
- Is Molly a boy or girl name?
- Molly is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Molly were girls.
- How popular is the name Molly?
- 1,601 baby girls were named Molly in the US in 2025, making it the 196th most popular girl name.
- When was Molly most popular?
- Molly peaked in 1991, when 4,652 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #74 in 1991.
- How many people are named Molly?
- 176,487 babies have been named Molly in the US since 1880. We estimate about 161,198 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Molly most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Molly was most common in Vermont, at 5.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.