Mollie

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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

Mollie first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1915 with 738 babies (rank #219 that year). In 2024 it was given to 196 girls (rank #1,206). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mollie

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

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
2Soul urgeThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

47,996

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

738

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Mollie

Mollie O'Callaghanswimmer · b. 2004

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	283	#81
1881	281	#82
1882	305	#84
1883	301	#89
1884	374	#79
1885	396	#79
1886	421	#82
1887	333	#100
1888	375	#102
1889	402	#98
1890	349	#118
1891	356	#110
1892	411	#108
1893	367	#118
1894	379	#122
1895	382	#123
1896	374	#127
1897	333	#143
1898	357	#142
1899	301	#153
1900	437	#139
1901	324	#151
1902	337	#153
1903	284	#171
1904	336	#162
1905	344	#161
1906	355	#162
1907	356	#165
1908	341	#175
1909	361	#167
1910	399	#170
1911	378	#190
1912	463	#206
1913	506	#207
1914	644	#203
1915	738	#219
1916	650	#243
1917	672	#242
1918	701	#242
1919	638	#254
1920	560	#275
1921	570	#277
1922	532	#284
1923	491	#293
1924	431	#322
1925	413	#328
1926	394	#333
1927	370	#352
1928	358	#364
1929	354	#347
1930	353	#357
1931	327	#355
1932	283	#389
1933	272	#392
1934	284	#378
1935	283	#377
1936	236	#421
1937	226	#435
1938	252	#424
1939	257	#424
1940	241	#439
1941	234	#451
1942	237	#478
1943	242	#474
1944	224	#477
1945	215	#498
1946	205	#551
1947	243	#539
1948	243	#532
1949	230	#552
1950	214	#570
1951	189	#632
1952	241	#558
1953	238	#571
1954	187	#687
1955	184	#693
1956	205	#672
1957	208	#692
1958	186	#723
1959	166	#793
1960	171	#784
1961	147	#886
1962	112	#1,019
1963	129	#931
1964	173	#790
1965	145	#827
1966	128	#889
1967	141	#853
1968	146	#844
1969	167	#799
1970	196	#754
1971	195	#752
1972	184	#759
1973	170	#782
1974	208	#706
1975	222	#677
1976	204	#720
1977	250	#650
1978	228	#696
1979	274	#637
1980	286	#638
1981	295	#615
1982	329	#559
1983	312	#575
1984	292	#613
1985	387	#520
1986	370	#551
1987	398	#520
1988	419	#527
1989	442	#526
1990	527	#465
1991	535	#459
1992	486	#499
1993	495	#500
1994	454	#540
1995	438	#542
1996	423	#551
1997	418	#560
1998	442	#557
1999	441	#571
2000	448	#580
2001	423	#597
2002	386	#657
2003	410	#646
2004	332	#779
2005	365	#740
2006	363	#757
2007	373	#775
2008	420	#713
2009	419	#694
2010	428	#675
2011	438	#652
2012	437	#652
2013	391	#712
2014	347	#805
2015	273	#989
2016	262	#1,011
2017	242	#1,061
2018	219	#1,120
2019	236	#1,070
2020	224	#1,090
2021	207	#1,180
2022	197	#1,226
2023	213	#1,145
2024	196	#1,206