Molly

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Molly is a diminutive of the feminine name Mary that, like other English hypocorisms in use since the Middle Ages, substituted l for r. Molly evolved from the English diminutive Mally. English surnames such as Moll, Mollett, and Mollison are derived from Molly.

From Wikipedia

Molly first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 27 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 501 babies (rank #66 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Molly

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Molly yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,333
Total babies (all years)
27
Years in the data
501
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199692#92
199787#94
1998182#68
1999164#71
2000211#57
2001179#66
2002196#58
2003178#64
2004247#37
2005263#36
2006137#42
2007129#55
2008145#44
2009138#46
2010119#55
2011127#53
2012120#61
201395#76
2014109#78
2015501#66
2016486#60
201713#138
201873#106
201966#120
2020155#94
2021104#94
202217#122