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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.
Where does the Mollie spelling rank?
Where does the Mali 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 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.