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How popular is the name Mollie?

Births per year, rank history and how many Mollies are alive today.

Mollie (female), a spelling of Molly, sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 242nd in 2025 with 192 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2001, when 782 babies were given the name, the 65th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2013, with 775 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2001; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 16,000 babies have been named Mollie in England and Wales since 1996.

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 Mollie each year?

Includes all spellings: Mollie, Mali, Molly. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

01k2k3k4k194019601980200020201934: ~297 estimated (219-374)1994: ~1,204 estimated (881-1,527)1996: 2,6961997: 3,3261998: 3,1831999: 3,0172000: 3,0032001: 3,7962002: 3,6822003: 3,4352004: 3,3012005: 3,0802006: 2,6282007: 2,3842008: 2,2472009: 2,0772010: 2,0182011: 1,9062012: 2,1842013: 2,3382014: 2,0882015: 1,8392016: 1,5902017: 1,4902018: 1,4462019: 1,4632020: 1,4662021: 1,1882022: 9562023: 9022024: 8262025: 729estimatedactual

Where does the Mollie spelling rank?

110100500200020201996: ranked 811997: ranked 761998: ranked 731999: ranked 812000: ranked 822001: ranked 652002: ranked 702003: ranked 852004: ranked 802005: ranked 812006: ranked 922007: ranked 1082008: ranked 1162009: ranked 1122010: ranked 1172011: ranked 1132012: ranked 842013: ranked 712014: ranked 832015: ranked 1052016: ranked 1252017: ranked 1312018: ranked 1242019: ranked 1182020: ranked 1132021: ranked 1332022: ranked 1882023: ranked 1912024: ranked 1822025: ranked 242

Where does the Mali spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3,7951997: ranked 9831998: ranked 1,6971999: ranked 9002000: ranked 9932001: ranked 8532002: ranked 8902003: ranked 6192004: ranked 6182005: ranked 5712006: ranked 6302007: ranked 6552008: ranked 6762009: ranked 5302010: ranked 5382011: ranked 5752012: ranked 5422013: ranked 4452014: ranked 5582015: ranked 5392016: ranked 5132017: ranked 4932018: ranked 4582019: ranked 3732020: ranked 3652021: ranked 4962022: ranked 3602023: ranked 3862024: ranked 3832025: ranked 328

Where does the Molly spelling rank?

110100200194019601980200020201934: ranked 961994: ranked 491996: ranked 291997: ranked 211998: ranked 241999: ranked 222000: ranked 202001: ranked 152002: ranked 152003: ranked 182004: ranked 212005: ranked 222006: ranked 252007: ranked 302008: ranked 322009: ranked 402010: ranked 422011: ranked 462012: ranked 392013: ranked 352014: ranked 412015: ranked 462016: ranked 562017: ranked 582018: ranked 582019: ranked 572020: ranked 542021: ranked 732022: ranked 842023: ranked 882024: ranked 1042025: ranked 120

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 Mollie 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 Mollie spelling itself peaked in 2001, with 782 babies.

How many people are called Mollie?

At least 110,000 people named Mollie in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Mollie?

Most living Mollies are between 18 and 45; the most common age is about 24.

Is Mollie becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2001 peak.






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