Mollie

#1,113 for girls in 2025, 212 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1885 · 396 births
Debut · girls
283 births
In top 100 · girls
9 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
48,164
since 1880

Mollie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #79, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,113212
2024#1,202197
2023#1,137213
2022#1,225197
2021#1,180207
2020#1,089224
2019#1,069236
2018#1,116219
2017#1,058242
2016#1,005263
2015#989273
2014#805347
2013#712391
2012#651437
2011#652438
2010#675428
2009#694419
2008#710420
2007#774373
2006#756363
2005#739365
2004#776332#9,9486
2003#646410
2002#654386
2001#596423
2000#580448
1999#570441
1998#557442
1997#560418
1996#551423
1995#541438
1994#540454
1993#500495
1992#499486
1991#458535
1990#465527
1989#526442
1988#526419
1987#520398
1986#548370
1985#519387
1984#613292
1983#575312
1982#559329
1981#612295
1980#637286
1979#635274
1978#696228
1977#649250
1976#719204
1975#674222
1974#705208
1973#782170
1972#757184
1971#750195
1970#753196
1969#796167
1968#842146
1967#850141
1966#887128
1965#825145
1964#786173
1963#929129
1962#1,014112
1961#879147
1960#782171
1959#791166
1958#723186
1957#690208
1956#671205
1955#693184
1954#683187
1953#570238
1952#555241
1951#630189
1950#570214
1949#551230
1948#532243
1947#538243
1946#551205
1945#496215
1944#476224
1943#474242
1942#477237
1941#450234
1940#439241
1939#423257
1938#423252
1937#434226
1936#421236
1935#376283
1934#376284
1933#392272
1932#388283
1931#354327#3,0957
1930#357353
1929#347354
1928#364358#3,6976
1927#352370
1926#333394
1925#328413#4,1975
1924#322431#4,3475
1923#293491
1922#284532#3,8726
1921#277570#3,8696
1920#275560
1919#254638
1918#242701
1917#242672
1916#243650
1915#219738
1914#203644
1913#206506
1912#206463
1911#190378
1910#170399
1909#167361
1908#175341
1907#165356#1,3455
1906#162355
1905#160344
1904#162336
1903#171284
1902#153337
1901#151324
1900#138437
1899#153301
1898#142357
1897#143333
1896#127374
1895#123382
1894#122379
1893#118367
1892#108411
1891#110356
1890#118349
1889#98402
1888#102375
1887#100333
1886#82421
1885#79396
1884#79374
1883#89301
1882#84305
1881#82281
1880#81283
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mollie was already there! It came in at #81, and was given to 283 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1961–1963, when fewer than 150 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mollie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 89 spots since 2024 (#1,202#1,113)
  • 24 spots since 2020 (#1,089#1,113)
  • 124 spots since 2015 (#989#1,113)
  • Biggest jump: 143 spots in 1964 (#929#786)
  • Biggest drop: 184 spots in 2015 (#805#989)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #79 (396 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 66 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1880–1887
  • Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 322
  • Highest: 1 in 322 girls born in 1880 were named Mollie (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,581 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #79 in 1885, was only 1 in 336 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 12.0% of all girls named Mollie (5,789) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,471#79 (1885)#88
1890s3,609#108 (1892)#126
1900s3,475#138 (1900)#160
1910s5,789#170 (1910)#218
1920s4,473#275 (1920)#318
1930s2,773#354 (1931)#394
1940s2,314#439 (1940)#498
1950s2,018#555 (1952)#658
1960s1,459#782 (1960)#859
1970s2,131#635 (1979)#712
1980s3,530#519 (1985)#564
1990s4,659#458 (1991)#524
2000s3,939#580 (2000)#693
2010s3,274#651 (2012)#873
2020s1,250#1,089 (2020)#1,158

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mollie in 1928

girls
#364
358 births · 1 in 3,222 girls
boys
#3,697
6 births · 1 in 184,602 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #364Mollie358

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #3,697Mollie6
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 3,222 of them was named Mollie, which outranked 93.3% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mollie
  1. #360Wilda361
  2. #362Maryann360
  3. #362Rosella360
  4. #364Mollie358
  5. #365Neva354
  6. #366Eddie353
  7. #367Dollie349
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 184,602 of them was named Mollie, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mollie
  1. #3,357Yoshimi7
  2. #3,357Zenas7
  3. #3,357Zoltan7
  4. #3,697Mollie6
  5. #3,697Abb6
  6. #3,697Abbott6
  7. #3,697Abdon6
  8. #4,151Aberham5
  9. #4,151Acey5
  10. #4,151Acy5

Tied with 453 names at #3,697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928