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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 317 babies (rank #85 that year). In 2024 it was given to 110 girls (rank #272). 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.

6,351
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
317
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
1991137#236
1992150#224
1993150#211
1994130#217
1995150#214
1996152#206
1997150#211
1998173#176
1999191#156
2000180#162
2001228#129
2002203#135
2003185#150
2004195#143
2005222#130
2006215#131
2007247#115
2008225#132
2009258#112
2010281#102
2011317#85
2012240#125
2013267#113
2014233#133
2015180#170
2016194#151
2017151#197
2018165#173
2019132#223
2020135#217
2021160#179
2022122#235
2023123#228
2024110#272