Molly is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1991 and has grown less common since.
Molly is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #196 for girl births in the United States (and #429 across all names), given to 1,601 babies. Molly was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1991 (4,652 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,601 | 1,601 | #196 | — |
| 2024 | 1,474 | 1,474 | #208 | — |
| 2023 | 1,437 | 1,437 | #209 | — |
| 2022 | 1,481 | 1,481 | #199 | — |
| 2021 | 1,583 | 1,583 | #186 | — |
| 2020 | 1,645 | 1,645 | #173 | — |
| 2019 | 1,757 | 1,757 | #161 | — |
| 2018 | 1,799 | 1,799 | #158 | — |
| 2017 | 1,829 | 1,829 | #166 | — |
| 2016 | 1,986 | 1,986 | #157 | — |
| 2015 | 2,254 | 2,254 | #144 | — |
| 2014 | 2,610 | 2,610 | #122 | #13,403 |
| 2013 | 3,084 | 3,084 | #102 | — |
| 2012 | 3,270 | 3,270 | #90 | #8,645 |
| 2011 | 3,623 | 3,623 | #78 | #10,404 |
| 2010 | 3,369 | 3,369 | #87 | #10,401 |
| 2009 | 3,510 | 3,510 | #92 | — |
| 2008 | 3,326 | 3,326 | #104 | #13,941 |
| 2007 | 3,421 | 3,421 | #97 | #11,884 |
| 2006 | 3,133 | 3,133 | #105 | #11,592 |
| 2005 | 3,222 | 3,222 | #97 | #9,809 |
| 2004 | 3,372 | 3,372 | #97 | #3,426 |
| 2003 | 3,403 | 3,403 | #99 | — |
| 2002 | 3,119 | 3,119 | #107 | — |
| 2001 | 3,415 | 3,415 | #90 | — |
| 2000 | 3,409 | 3,409 | #96 | #8,824 |
| 1999 | 3,335 | 3,335 | #102 | #6,919 |
| 1998 | 3,198 | 3,198 | #108 | #9,253 |
| 1997 | 3,452 | — | #98 | — |
| 1996 | 3,318 | — | #99 | #8,647 |
| 1995 | 3,382 | — | #98 | — |
| 1994 | 3,447 | — | #96 | #8,452 |
| 1993 | 3,713 | — | #87 | #9,688 |
| 1992 | 4,146 | — | #83 | #5,984 |
| 1991 | 4,663 | — | #74 | #4,991 |
| 1990 | 3,974 | — | #80 | #5,674 |
| 1989 | 3,493 | — | #93 | #2,134 |
| 1988 | 3,480 | — | #86 | #2,919 |
| 1987 | 2,902 | — | #97 | #4,151 |
| 1986 | 2,558 | — | #110 | #4,361 |
| 1985 | 2,442 | — | #119 | #5,013 |
| 1984 | 2,193 | — | #131 | #3,051 |
| 1983 | 2,324 | — | #129 | #3,363 |
| 1982 | 2,337 | — | #131 | #2,488 |
| 1981 | 2,100 | — | #135 | #3,772 |
| 1980 | 2,213 | — | #133 | #3,763 |
| 1979 | 2,030 | — | #139 | #4,697 |
| 1978 | 1,940 | — | #142 | #4,057 |
| 1977 | 2,078 | — | #141 | #3,519 |
| 1976 | 1,738 | — | #150 | #3,910 |
| 1975 | 1,553 | — | #170 | #5,242 |
| 1974 | 1,485 | — | #179 | #5,741 |
| 1973 | 1,336 | — | #195 | #4,355 |
| 1972 | 1,240 | — | #226 | #4,789 |
| 1971 | 1,185 | — | #248 | — |
| 1970 | 1,191 | — | #259 | — |
| 1969 | 1,093 | — | #265 | — |
| 1968 | 1,020 | — | #265 | — |
| 1967 | 1,016 | — | #265 | — |
| 1966 | 984 | — | #265 | — |
| 1965 | 1,062 | — | #264 | — |
| 1964 | 1,001 | — | #290 | — |
| 1963 | 859 | — | #320 | — |
| 1962 | 821 | — | #327 | — |
| 1961 | 781 | — | #337 | — |
| 1960 | 727 | — | #361 | — |
| 1959 | 763 | — | #344 | — |
| 1958 | 746 | — | #343 | — |
| 1957 | 699 | — | #341 | — |
| 1956 | 654 | — | #344 | — |
| 1955 | 622 | — | #344 | — |
| 1954 | 599 | — | #352 | — |
| 1953 | 582 | — | #346 | — |
| 1952 | 617 | — | #333 | — |
| 1951 | 612 | — | #320 | — |
| 1950 | 564 | — | #324 | — |
| 1949 | 556 | — | #328 | — |
| 1948 | 562 | — | #331 | — |
| 1947 | 484 | — | #366 | — |
| 1946 | 415 | — | #371 | — |
| 1945 | 333 | — | #387 | — |
| 1944 | 366 | — | #367 | — |
| 1943 | 386 | — | #366 | — |
| 1942 | 375 | — | #362 | — |
| 1941 | 339 | — | #364 | — |
| 1940 | 345 | — | #349 | — |
| 1939 | 348 | — | #340 | — |
| 1938 | 329 | — | #359 | — |
| 1937 | 306 | — | #369 | — |
| 1936 | 316 | — | #357 | — |
| 1935 | 301 | — | #365 | — |
| 1934 | 291 | — | #369 | — |
| 1933 | 271 | — | #394 | — |
| 1932 | 315 | — | #361 | — |
| 1931 | 300 | — | #370 | — |
| 1930 | 342 | — | #362 | — |
| 1929 | 320 | — | #375 | — |
| 1928 | 315 | — | #381 | — |
| 1927 | 258 | — | #431 | — |
| 1926 | 255 | — | #433 | — |
| 1925 | 241 | — | #443 | — |
| 1924 | 290 | — | #404 | — |
| 1923 | 293 | — | #388 | — |
| 1922 | 277 | — | #397 | — |
| 1921 | 302 | — | #385 | — |
| 1920 | 246 | — | #427 | — |
| 1919 | 258 | — | #400 | — |
| 1918 | 306 | — | #374 | — |
| 1917 | 310 | — | #357 | — |
| 1916 | 333 | — | #336 | — |
| 1915 | 325 | — | #331 | — |
| 1914 | 247 | — | #337 | — |
| 1913 | 197 | — | #346 | — |
| 1912 | 197 | — | #323 | — |
| 1911 | 129 | — | #354 | — |
| 1910 | 145 | — | #316 | — |
| 1909 | 109 | — | #346 | — |
| 1908 | 101 | — | #360 | — |
| 1907 | 113 | — | #328 | — |
| 1906 | 86 | — | #362 | — |
| 1905 | 71 | — | #402 | — |
| 1904 | 72 | — | #392 | — |
| 1903 | 75 | — | #370 | — |
| 1902 | 54 | — | #423 | — |
| 1901 | 55 | — | #401 | — |
| 1900 | 67 | — | #411 | — |
| 1899 | 47 | — | #428 | — |
| 1898 | 39 | — | #499 | — |
| 1897 | 50 | — | #418 | — |
| 1896 | 49 | — | #415 | — |
| 1895 | 45 | — | #422 | — |
| 1894 | 36 | — | #471 | — |
| 1893 | 58 | — | #354 | — |
| 1892 | 51 | — | #375 | — |
| 1891 | 33 | — | #445 | — |
| 1890 | 46 | — | #372 | — |
| 1889 | 35 | — | #415 | — |
| 1888 | 37 | — | #409 | — |
| 1887 | 32 | — | #388 | — |
| 1886 | 29 | — | #404 | — |
| 1885 | 30 | — | #378 | — |
| 1884 | 32 | — | #356 | — |
| 1883 | 30 | — | #328 | — |
| 1882 | 30 | — | #325 | — |
| 1881 | 33 | — | #278 | — |
| 1880 | 18 | — | #400 | — |