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Molly
Pronounced /ˈmɑ.li/
Rank in 2024
#208
Born in 2024
1,465
Peak year
1991 · #74
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,465 girls were named Molly, about 1 in every 1,101.
- It peaked in 1991 with 4,652 babies, ranked #74.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 174,517 girls have been named Molly since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Molly per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 1.8Millennials1981–96
- 1.8Gen Z1997–12
- 1.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,345 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Silent: 5,899 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Boomers: 12,665 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Gen X: 23,097 babies, 0.90 per 1,000. Millennials: 50,285 babies, 1.78 per 1,000. Gen Z: 53,477 babies, 1.84 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 22,922 babies, 1.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Moll, diminutive lambdacism of Mary + -y.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈmɑ.li/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Molly, CC BY-SA 4.0.