girls' name ★ peaked 1915

Mollie

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,116 Trend → Stable

Molly is a diminutive of the feminine name Mary that, like other English hypocorisms in use since the Middle Ages, substituted l for r.

Rank 2025
#1,116
among girls · ↑88 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
212
named Mollie · +8% vs 2024
How common
1 in 7,581
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1915
738 babies
All-time total
48,210
#604 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Mollie popularity over time

48,210 babies have been named Mollie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 3,471 – 3,471 347 – #79
1890s 3,609 – 3,609 361 +4% #108
1900s 3,475 5 3,480 348 -4% #139
1910s 5,789 – 5,789 579 +66% #170
1920s 4,473 28 4,501 450 -22% #275
1930s 2,773 7 2,780 278 -38% #355
1940s 2,314 – 2,314 231 -17% #439
1950s 2,018 – 2,018 202 -13% #558
1960s 1,459 – 1,459 146 -28% #784
1970s 2,131 – 2,131 213 +46% #637
1980s 3,530 – 3,530 353 +66% #520
1990s 4,659 – 4,659 466 +32% #459
2000s 3,939 6 3,945 395 -15% #581
2010s 3,274 – 3,274 327 -17% #652
2020s (to 2025) 1,250 – 1,250 208 -36% #1,091

Where Mollie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 210 0.13 outside top 500
2027 209 0.13 outside top 500
2028 208 0.13 outside top 500
2029 207 0.13 outside top 500
2030 206 0.13 outside top 500

Where Mollie is most popular

Girls named Mollie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.126 per 1,000. Strongest in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Mollie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Mississippi 22 0.470 +272%
Alabama 37 0.394 +212%
Tennessee 57 0.360 +185%
Kentucky 29 0.339 +168%
Louisiana 29 0.331 +162%
South Carolina 22 0.245 +94%
North Carolina 51 0.224 +77%
Utah 17 0.204 +62%
Michigan 37 0.203 +61%
Missouri 23 0.191 +51%
Georgia 42 0.185 +46%
Pennsylvania 39 0.165 +30%
Illinois 36 0.157 +24%
Oklahoma 10 0.136 +7%
Indiana 19 0.135 +7%
Colorado 15 0.134 +6%
Virginia 22 0.129 ≈ national
Ohio 26 0.110 -13%
New York 42 0.106 -16%
Texas 76 0.094 -25%
Maryland 10 0.094 -25%
Massachusetts 11 0.091 -28%
Florida 35 0.082 -35%
New Jersey 11 0.061 -52%
California 49 0.058 -54%
Wisconsin 6 0.058 -54%
Washington 5 0.035 -73%
Alaska – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Kansas – – –
Maine – – –
Minnesota – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Mollie

Mollie is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #1,116 in 2025 with 212 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 48,210 American babies have been named Mollie. Its peak came in 1915, when 738 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1910s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Mollie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Mollie?

The median living Mollie is about 33 years old; half are between 19 and 52. An estimated 24 thousand people named Mollie are alive in the United States today.

median 33 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Mollie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 212 #1,116 – –
2024 197 #1,204 – –
2023 213 #1,146 – –
2022 197 #1,226 – –
2021 207 #1,180 – –
2020 224 #1,091 – –
2019 236 #1,070 – –
2018 219 #1,120 – –
2017 242 #1,061 – –
2016 263 #1,009 – –
2015 273 #990 – –
2014 347 #806 – –
2013 391 #712 – –
2012 437 #653 – –
2011 438 #652 – –
2010 428 #675 – –
2009 419 #694 – –
2008 420 #713 – –
2007 373 #775 – –
2006 363 #757 – –
2005 365 #740 – –
2004 332 #780 6 #10,893
2003 410 #646 – –
2002 386 #657 – –
2001 423 #597 – –
2000 448 #581 – –
1995 438 #542 – –
1990 527 #465 – –
1985 387 #520 – –
1980 286 #638 – –
1975 222 #677 – –
1970 196 #754 – –
1965 145 #827 – –
1960 171 #784 – –
1955 184 #693 – –
1950 214 #570 – –
1945 215 #498 – –
1940 241 #439 – –
1935 283 #377 – –
1930 353 #357 – –
1925 413 #328 5 #4,683
1920 560 #275 – –
1915 738 #219 – –
1910 399 #170 – –
1905 344 #161 – –
1900 437 #139 – –
1895 382 #123 – –
1890 349 #118 – –
1885 396 #79 – –
1880 283 #81 – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Mollie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Mollie?

The median living Mollie is about 33 years old. Half of all living Mollies are between 19 and 52 years old.

How many people named Mollie are alive today?

An estimated 24 thousand people named Mollie are alive in the United States, based on 48,210 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Mollie mean?

Molly is a diminutive of the feminine name Mary that, like other English hypocorisms in use since the Middle Ages, substituted l for r.

How popular is the name Mollie in 2025?

Mollie ranked #1,116 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 212 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Mollie?

48,210 babies have been named Mollie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Mollie most popular?

Mollie peaked in 1915, when 738 newborns received the name.

Is Mollie a boy or girl name?

Mollie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Mollie rising or falling?

Mollie is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Mollie become more popular?

Mollie looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 206 girls named Mollie in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Names like Mollie

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