Molly
For 2025 the count puts Molly at #196 nationwide, holding steady. First recorded 1880, best year 1991, 176,127 bearers across the whole run.
What Molly carries
Molly · Hebrew
“bitter”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Molly’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Molly, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Molly since 1880
Molly peaked in 1991 at #74; #196 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Molly is most common
Among the states, Molly takes its largest share in Vermont, 0.51% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with North Dakota and Maine next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Molly
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Matthew
#32 in 2025 · Hebrew
Sara
#198 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jesse
#184 in 2025 · Hebrew
Rafael
#218 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ivan
#163 in 2025 · Hebrew
Diego
#158 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ana
#245 in 2025 · Hebrew
Rachel
#250 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Molly
Where does Molly rank right now?
For 2025 the count puts Molly at #196 nationwide, holding steady. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Molly have a meaning on record?
“bitter” is the meaning our source sets down, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Molly?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Matthew, Sara and Jesse, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
Get Molly’s free Name Kit
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