Molly

Where Molly comes from

From Moll, diminutive lambdacism of Mary + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Molly
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #388 among girls — 18 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1968
    Molly Ringwald born
    American actress and writer
  3. 1991
    Peak, #74
    4,652 babies named Molly — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1993
    Molly Quinn born
    American actress
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #144.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Molly Ringwald · American actress and writer, born 1968
  • Molly Quinn · American actress, born 1993
  • Molly Shannon · American actress and comedian, born 1964
  • Molly Smitten-Downes · English singer, born 1987
  • Molly Sims · American actress, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.