The baby name Molly is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmɒli/ (UK), /ˈmɑːli/ or /ˈmɑli/ (US); respelling: MOL-ee.
The baby name Molly is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmɒli/ (UK), /ˈmɑːli/ or /ˈmɑli/ (US); respelling: MOL-ee.
Molly is in Origin.
Molly is a medieval English hypocoristic of Mary, formed from Moll/Malle; the exact root of Mary is debated (Hebrew Miryam), with glosses such as “beloved,” “wished-for child,” “rebellious,” or “sea of bitterness.” Through rhyming, Molly also yielded Polly. While most Mollys trace to Mary, the nickname has at times attached to Margaret, notably “Molly” Brown (born Margaret).
The name spread across Britain and Ireland, kept steady use from the 17th century onward, then surged in late 20th century across the UK, US, and Australia. In Ireland, it’s used alongside Máire/Maura. Common variant spelling: Mollie; diminutives: Mol, Molls. Cognates and related forms include Mary, Marie, Maria, Máire, Moira, Maura, and Mairi. Cultural bearers: Molly Bloom (Joyce), actress Molly Ringwald, and philanthropist “the Unsinkable” Molly Brown - helping cement the name’s lively, friendly image.
| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly | Moorish Gallagher | Lisa Moorish | singer | ★★★★★ | Liam Gallagher | singer | ★★★★★ |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 874 |
| BW | 0 | #19 | 1 | 960 | |
| KR | Boys | 0 | #27 | 1 | 897 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #28 | 305 | 1,568 |
| New Zealand | Girls | 2010 | #35 | 88 | 98 |
| ID | 0 | #38 | 2 | 2,238 | |
| MO | 0 | #50 | 3 | 2,706 | |
| JP | 0 | #76 | 2 | 4,057 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| CN | 0 | #80 | 7 | 3,857 | |
| TW | 0 | #86 | 15 | 4,523 | |
| JM | 0 | #91 | 3 | 3,714 | |
| KZ | 0 | #93 | 2 | 1,452 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #94 | 55 | 4,216 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #97 | 10 | 5,459 |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #99 | 4 | 3,319 |
| QA | 0 | #103 | 4 | 7,011 | |
| Norway | Girls | 2025 | #107 | 20 | 453 |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #108 | 1 | 1,564 |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| OM | 0 | #117 | 5 | 6,215 | |
| KW | 0 | #118 | 4 | 5,216 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #122 | 4 | 3,755 |
| GR | 0 | #133 | 3 | 3,911 | |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #134 | 2 | 1,786 |
| CR | 0 | #134 | 25 | 5,526 | |
| PA | 0 | #137 | 2 | 3,797 | |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #142 | 1 | 1,888 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #150 | 4 | 3,773 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #164 | 4 | 3,171 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #171 | 220 | 8,829 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #178 | 110 | 2,795 |
| AE | 0 | #179 | 9 | 10,220 | |
| HR | 0 | #181 | 1 | 2,081 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #182 | 99 | 8,139 |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #188 | 3 | 4,850 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #189 | 1,465 | 8,487 |
| AR | 0 | #192 | 2 | 2,915 | |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| DK | 0 | #202 | 5 | 5,198 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #204 | 21 | 7,146 |
| Belgium | Girls | 1998 | #207 | 20 | 422 |
| PL | 0 | #211 | 2 | 2,600 | |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #213 | 39 | 7,056 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #217 | 1 | 4,575 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #217 | 9 | 3,308 |
| PS | 0 | #225 | 2 | 5,692 | |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #230 | 2 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #233 | 2 | 5,842 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #237 | 23 | 7,507 |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| GH | 0 | #247 | 2 | 5,396 | |
| SG | 0 | #247 | 23 | 11,010 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #248 | 2 | 6,293 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #249 | 3 | 6,592 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #255 | 2 | 7,111 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #258 | 1 | 3,650 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #263 | 58 | 5,862 |
| NG | 0 | #264 | 9 | 5,926 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #275 | 364 | 18,916 |
| MY | 0 | #278 | 53 | 12,352 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #278 | 39 | 15,378 |
| IL | 0 | #279 | 4 | 6,291 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #283 | 34 | 7,429 |
| SA | 0 | #285 | 11 | 10,560 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #292 | 2 | 6,876 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #294 | 1 | 3,687 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #295 | 2 | 6,578 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #307 | 18 | 6,973 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #310 | 87 | 15,987 |
| HK | 0 | #319 | 30 | 8,483 | |
| PE | 0 | #325 | 5 | 6,350 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #331 | 2 | 7,401 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #334 | 12 | 7,678 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #335 | 71 | 3,185 |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #342 | 319 | 16,104 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #343 | 9 | 5,378 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #355 | 8 | 8,539 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #357 | 8 | 5,096 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 2 | 8,138 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #364 | 23 | 8,413 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #374 | 17 | 13,098 |
| EG | 0 | #379 | 22 | 6,387 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #380 | 2 | 7,951 |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #382 | 10 | 1,368 |
| YE | 0 | #393 | 6 | 8,639 | |
| ZA | 0 | #397 | 51 | 14,421 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #402 | 7 | 11,440 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #404 | 95 | 11,913 |
| BO | 0 | #407 | 2 | 6,868 | |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #408 | 125 | 11,342 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #411 | 10 | 1,885 |
| CL | 0 | #428 | 7 | 6,867 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #428 | 88 | 19,177 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #434 | 1,242 | 25,928 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #439 | 115 | 20,968 |
| Spain | 0 | #439 | 14 | 2,326 | |
| MX | 0 | #440 | 6 | 8,339 | |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #442 | 697 | 24,821 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #463 | 9 | 7,952 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #464 | 3 | 10,523 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #471 | 11 | 9,861 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #480 | 44 | 10,981 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #493 | 13 | 12,621 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #496 | 10 | 7,500 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #499 | 303 | 3,895 |
| CO | 0 | #508 | 3 | 7,768 | |
| LY | 0 | #517 | 19 | 12,703 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #519 | 7 | 11,303 |
| BH | 0 | #520 | 34 | 17,937 | |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #529 | 8 | 6,731 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #541 | 5 | 8,334 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #555 | 6 | 11,671 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #555 | 3 | 12,905 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #562 | 56 | 11,648 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #576 | 435 | 14,742 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #587 | 13 | 8,289 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #594 | 18 | 9,488 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #608 | 24 | 13,121 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| IT | 0 | #658 | 57 | 4,183 | |
| LB | 0 | #683 | 8 | 13,263 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #687 | 100 | 15,093 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #693 | 5 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #696 | 5 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #741 | 3 | 18,093 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #752 | 87 | 4,949 |
| SY | 0 | #765 | 3 | 11,684 | |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #776 | 160 | 25,931 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #788 | 64 | 14,098 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #841 | 103 | 14,861 |
| TN | 0 | #861 | 5 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2014 | #887 | 5 | 7,361 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #893 | 91 | 5,561 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #897 | 618 | 9,415 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #901 | 55 | 5,933 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #908 | 13 | 15,656 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #917 | 9 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #921 | 6 | 14,506 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #932 | 10 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #936 | 16 | 16,906 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #940 | 13 | 5,697 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,015 | 64 | 16,140 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,076 | 108 | 17,781 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,085 | 27 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,101 | 78 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,109 | 20 | 20,986 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,155 | 22 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,192 | 20 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,438 | 34 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,597 | 18 | 28,008 |
Molly is popular in 85 countries — most recent births per country:
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