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How popular is the name Mali?
Births per year, rank history and how many Malis are alive today.
Mali (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Molly in England and Wales, ranked 328th in 2025 with 132 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Molly you are most likely to meet is around 24 years old. Half of all Mollies born in England and Wales are between 18 and 45, and there are at least 110,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 30% chance that at least one of them will be called Molly.
How many babies are named Mali each year?
Includes all spellings: Mali, Mollie, Molly. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Mali spelling rank?
Where does the Mollie spelling rank?
Where does the Molly spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mali most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Molly, peaked in 2001, when 3,796 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Mali spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 132 babies.
How many people are called Mali?
At least 110,000 people named Mali in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mali?
Most living Malis are between 18 and 45; the most common age is about 24.
Is Mali becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.