Molly
446
Babies in 2024
-67%
10-year change
2001
Peak · 2.99k
-16%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Molly
Molly peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (2,987 babies in 2001) and has remained in active use — 446 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Molly reached its peak in 2001, when 2,987 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #15 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 446 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 47,734 girls have been officially registered with the name Molly in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 9,590 girls were registered with the name, starting from 1,349 in 2014 and ending at 446 in 2024.