NameTides

Molly

Molly was the #196 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,601 babies), and #120 in England & Wales and #294 in Canada.

Molly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Molly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Molly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#196 (1,601)#120 (405)#56 (71)#32 (49)#20 (169)#294 (105)——
2024#208 (1,474)#104 (446)#68 (62)#28 (53)#22 (171)#268 (113)——
2023#209 (1,437)#88 (534)#56 (76)#27 (59)#22 (176)#232 (123)——
2022#199 (1,481)#84 (568)#62 (68)#27 (59)#22 (195)#238 (122)——
2021#186 (1,583)#73 (729)#37 (113)#21 (76)#18 (219)#183 (160)#100 (78)—
2020#173 (1,645)#54 (890)#47 (88)#22 (73)#19 (217)#213 (137)#83 (89)#92 (66)
2019#161 (1,757)#57 (911)#47 (95)#31 (65)#18 (218)#231 (132)—#99 (66)
2018#157 (1,799)#58 (929)#54 (86)#34 (63)#28 (186)#176 (165)—#96 (56)
2017#166 (1,829)#58 (978)#55 (92)#29 (72)#32 (185)#199 (153)——
2016#157 (1,986)#56 (1,041)#65 (81)#27 (80)#27 (210)#153 (194)#96 (76)#97 (56)
2015#144 (2,254)#46 (1,215)#46 (104)#30 (76)#31 (202)#170 (181)#78 (92)#76 (64)
2014#122 (2,605)#41 (1,349)#34 (132)#20 (103)#29 (196)#134 (234)#86 (78)#79 (64)
2013#102 (3,084)#35 (1,469)#45 (115)#26 (94)#33 (197)#114 (268)#76 (95)#72 (75)
2012#90 (3,261)#39 (1,434)#42 (132)#25 (97)#27 (251)#126 (240)#61 (120)#55 (87)
2011#78 (3,616)#46 (1,322)#47 (123)#26 (103)#33 (229)#85 (319)#53 (127)#62 (78)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #74.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 630common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 250common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 130very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Molly is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 950 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Molly by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #116MEWisconsin: #164WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #210WAIdaho: #142IDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #162MNIllinois: #138ILMichigan: #193MINew York: #153NYMassachusetts: #98MAOregon: #144ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #139SDIowa: #138IAIndiana: #211INOhio: #139OHPennsylvania: #143PANew Jersey: #111NJConnecticut: #111CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #396CAUtah: #146UTColorado: #191CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #208MOKentucky: #133KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #175VAMaryland: #212MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #130KSArkansas: #164ARTennessee: #165TNNorth Carolina: #204NCSouth Carolina: #244SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #247OKLouisiana: #95LAMississippi: #114MSAlabama: #119ALGeorgia: #237GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #255TXFlorida: #318FL
Molly (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#28045

Molly (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MollyCanadaGirls#294105
MollyEngland & WalesGirls#120405
Molly-England & WalesGirls—too few
MollyIrelandGirls#20169
MollyNorthern IrelandGirls#3249
MollyNSWGirls—too few
MollyScotlandGirls#5671
MollyUSGirls#1961,601
MollyUSBoys—too few
MollyVICGirls—too few