Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Molly

#232 most common girls' name of all time · #437 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#232
Rank overall
#437 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
176,487
Since 2016
16,592
Peak year
1991 #74
Best rank
#74 1991
Girls Boys peak 4,663/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Molly is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,601 — 1,601 #196
2024 1,474 — 1,474 #208
2023 1,437 — 1,437 #209
2022 1,481 — 1,481 #199
2021 1,583 — 1,583 #186
2020 1,645 — 1,645 #173
2019 1,757 — 1,757 #161
2018 1,799 — 1,799 #157
2017 1,829 — 1,829 #166
2016 1,986 — 1,986 #157
2015 2,254 — 2,254 #144
2014 2,605 5 2,610 #122
2013 3,084 — 3,084 #102
2012 3,261 9 3,270 #90
2011 3,616 7 3,623 #78
2010 3,362 7 3,369 #87
2009 3,510 — 3,510 #92
2008 3,321 5 3,326 #104
2007 3,415 6 3,421 #97
2006 3,127 6 3,133 #105
2005 3,215 7 3,222 #97
2004 3,344 28 3,372 #97
2003 3,403 — 3,403 #99
2002 3,119 — 3,119 #107
2001 3,415 — 3,415 #90
2000 3,402 7 3,409 #96
1999 3,326 9 3,335 #102
1998 3,192 6 3,198 #108
1997 3,452 — 3,452 #98
1996 3,312 6 3,318 #99
1995 3,382 — 3,382 #98
1994 3,441 6 3,447 #95
1993 3,708 5 3,713 #87
1992 4,137 9 4,146 #83
1991 4,652 11 4,663 #74
1990 3,965 9 3,974 #80
1989 3,460 33 3,493 #93
1988 3,461 19 3,480 #86
1987 2,891 11 2,902 #97
1986 2,548 10 2,558 #110
1985 2,434 8 2,442 #119
1984 2,178 15 2,193 #131
1983 2,311 13 2,324 #129
1982 2,317 20 2,337 #131
1981 2,089 11 2,100 #135
1980 2,202 11 2,213 #133
1979 2,022 8 2,030 #139
1978 1,931 9 1,940 #142
1977 2,067 11 2,078 #141
1976 1,729 9 1,738 #150
1975 1,547 6 1,553 #170
1974 1,480 5 1,485 #179
1973 1,329 7 1,336 #195
1972 1,234 6 1,240 #226
1971 1,185 — 1,185 #248
1970 1,191 — 1,191 #259
1969 1,093 — 1,093 #265
1968 1,020 — 1,020 #265
1967 1,016 — 1,016 #265
1966 984 — 984 #265
1965 1,062 — 1,062 #264
1964 1,001 — 1,001 #290
1963 859 — 859 #320
1962 821 — 821 #327
1961 781 — 781 #337
1960 727 — 727 #361
1959 763 — 763 #344
1958 746 — 746 #343
1957 699 — 699 #342
1956 654 — 654 #344
1955 622 — 622 #344
1954 599 — 599 #352
1953 582 — 582 #346
1952 617 — 617 #333
1951 612 — 612 #320
1950 564 — 564 #324
1949 556 — 556 #328
1948 562 — 562 #331
1947 484 — 484 #366
1946 415 — 415 #370
1945 333 — 333 #387
1944 366 — 366 #367
1943 386 — 386 #366
1942 375 — 375 #362
1941 339 — 339 #364
1940 345 — 345 #349
1939 348 — 348 #341
1938 329 — 329 #359
1937 306 — 306 #369
1936 316 — 316 #357
1935 301 — 301 #363
1934 291 — 291 #369
1933 271 — 271 #394
1932 315 — 315 #360
1931 300 — 300 #371
1930 342 — 342 #362
1929 320 — 320 #376
1928 315 — 315 #381
1927 258 — 258 #431
1926 255 — 255 #433
1925 241 — 241 #443
1924 290 — 290 #404
1923 293 — 293 #388
1922 277 — 277 #396
1921 302 — 302 #384
1920 246 — 246 #427
1919 258 — 258 #400
1918 306 — 306 #374
1917 310 — 310 #356
1916 333 — 333 #336
1915 325 — 325 #331
1914 247 — 247 #336
1913 197 — 197 #346
1912 197 — 197 #323
1911 129 — 129 #355
1910 145 — 145 #316
1909 109 — 109 #345
1908 101 — 101 #360
1907 113 — 113 #325
1906 86 — 86 #362
1905 71 — 71 #404
1904 72 — 72 #392
1903 75 — 75 #370
1902 54 — 54 #422
1901 55 — 55 #399
1900 67 — 67 #407
1899 47 — 47 #425
1898 39 — 39 #492
1897 50 — 50 #417
1896 49 — 49 #411
1895 45 — 45 #424
1894 36 — 36 #465
1893 58 — 58 #354
1892 51 — 51 #375
1891 33 — 33 #443
1890 46 — 46 #369
1889 35 — 35 #413
1888 37 — 37 #407
1887 32 — 32 #383
1886 29 — 29 #404
1885 30 — 30 #374
1884 32 — 32 #352
1883 30 — 30 #329
1882 30 — 30 #325
1881 33 — 33 #278
1880 18 — 18 #400